IIX founder Durreen Shahnaz describes herself as "a woman, a Muslim and a passionate feminist". She recently wrote to President Trump telling him why he should back impact investment. The letter is so good that we're reprinting it in full.

It’s time for social enterprise to move from the margins to the mainstream across a region which is home to two-thirds of the world’s population. A partnership between the British Council and the UN aims to make this happen.

Damien Lardoux, who manages the positive impact portfolio at EQ Investors (an accredited B Corp) has come up with five suggestions that could help take impact investing mainstream.

Impact investing will only truly be impactful when really significant funds are committed to it. Australian pension provider Christian Super aims to convince other investors to follow its lead. 

A report by the innovation foundation Nesta looks at ways to bring democracy into the 21st century. Panellists at the launch had sharpened their knives.

How easy is it to become a social investor? We gave investing platform Ethex a go to find out. 

We're heading down under to find out about a state-wide social enterprise strategy and one country's first social impact bond. Then we're heading home for a new way for schools to fund the things they need to better educate pupils.

James Perry is revolting against shareholder capitalism. It’s killing us and it’s time to change, he says. A proposal to introduce a new type of company in England – the benefit company – could be the first step towards a world with less inequality, a halt to climate change and fewer people fleeing disaster. 

One of the most populous countries in the world has seen an explosion in social enterprises in the last few years. Mark Hillen and Stefan Panhuijsen of Social Enterprise NL explain why.