The number of social enterprises with equity, diversity and inclusion strategies has been steadily growing over the past five years, despite fresh challenges, reveals our deep dive into data from the SE100 Index and Social Business Awards.
Dr Chih Hoong Sin welcomes the UK government’s rediscovered enthusiasm for outcomes funds with the launch of the world’s biggest fund of this type. But we should look beyond its impressive size to focus upon how it can best optimise impact.
ANALYSIS: The UK’s privatised water industry has been sinking into debt and disrepair for years, but a commission set up to seek solutions overlooks ownership models that could work for all, say impact economy experts.
NatWest SE100 2025 awards were celebrated for the first time in Manchester, England, recognising social enterprises and social investors from across the UK.
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.
