With a revolutionary approach based on seismology, the Earth Rover Program is making waves in soil health testing and is aiming for the “Holy Grail” of farming: high crop yields with low environmental impacts.
The Australian actor and philanthropist is putting his Hollywood star power behind Humanitix’s efforts to disrupt the ticket sales industry, aiming to grow the impact of the social enterprise five-fold.
Bring your sandwich, speak English, stay true to your ethics and other tips: impact entrepreneurs at ChangeNOW share advice on landing deals, partners and customers at a conference exhibition.
An enterprise rescuing wasted food for schools, a CIC providing trauma-informed training, a hospitality business accelerating race equity and an organisation helping visually impaired people travel – meet the NatWest SE100 Impact Pioneer finalists.
OPINION: There is a critical layer in the impact movement – the intermediaries that support social entrepreneurs and impact investors. But we must rethink the economics of this field-building role.
EXPERT INSIGHT: Faith organisations holding billions of dollars of investment assets met in Paris for an inaugural conference last week and launched a new multi-faith network of investors and centre of excellence.
EXPERT INSIGHT: New legislation puts social enterprises, co-operatives and other inclusive businesses at the centre of an economy that works for people, communities and the planet. And it’s part of a wider global conversation.
We hop back in the cab with London Early Years Foundation's June O'Sullivan, and discover social enterprise nurseries in action, and why she'd like to be remembered as a "disruptive influencer".
We've proved that considering social value in public procurement can work, now – post-Carillion – the UK government must have the courage to help it reach its full potential, says the author of the Social Value Act.
How will these young people change the world? The UK’s first Drivers for Change journey took place in June, taking 100 entrepreneurial and creative young people around the UK to visit innovative projects and hear from inspiring speakers.
FILM: Two entrepreneurial young Sudanese engineers are battling their country’s desertification with drones. Their next step is a social enterprise boot camp.
Celia Tennant believes Inspiring Scotland has contributed to a sector-wide shift in Scotland, influencing everything from impact measurement to sustainability. She looks back at everything the organisation has achieved in the past 10 years.
Pioneers Post met two of the biggest global names in social impact to talk about purposeful economies, and why millennials might be a big sign of hope for the social impact movement.
