From tracking underwater creatures to optimising crop yields, many entrepreneurs now use AI to tackle environmental challenges. But, with much uncertainty – and concerns about AI’s negative impact – they’re entering unknown waters.
As Trump’s USA takes its eye off social impact, Europe’s venture capitalists stand at a decisive moment in history, concluded discussions at the latest FASE Impact Fire Talk. But capital strategies must evolve to unleash VCs’ true transformative power.
MY IMPACT CAREER: Amma Lartey, a long-time entrepreneur, has been a major force in growing the impact economy in West Africa, co-founding Social Enterprise Ghana and becoming the first CEO of Impact Investing Ghana.
Pioneers Post and NatWest are seeking out the brightest and best applicants for this year's NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards. Don't miss your chance to be counted among the UK's top social enterprises this year.
Ahead of the AVPN conference in Bangkok next week, we profile three very different social investors that, just like AVPN, are not only about venture philanthropy.
With at least one political party advocating for the re-nationalisation of the UK's railways, Duncan Thorp of Social Enterprise Scotland has another idea – run them as a social enterprise.
In an office in Hong Kong’s vibrant Sham Shui Po district, exciting collaborations are being formed between corporates and social startups to tackle the city’s social and environmental challenges. Oliver Holtaway reports on an emerging movement.
“I have the most amazing job in the world!” says Minnie Baragwanath, founder of Be. Accessible in New Zealand. She will be speaking at the Social Enterprise World Forum in September about her social enterprise journey.
The Beyond Good Business event, where profit and purpose sat happily side by side, encouraged corporates and social ventures to collaborate to make change happen.
A big improvement on the 2014 figure sees Welsh social enterprises packing a punch – the kind of punch that is worth £2.37bn to a nation of three million people.
Corporate scandals and economic meltdowns have been going on for hundreds of years, writes John Spiers, chief executive of EQ Investors. Isn't it about time we did something about it?
Students taking social entrepreneurship courses at higher education institutions may not become social entrepreneurs, writes Dr Pathik Pathak of Southampton University. But they’ll still be valuable to society.
