• The Impact World this Week: 9 April 2026

    This week: Skoll awardees revealed, Japan’s latest impact investment market sizing, and new opportunities for Australia’s rural communities.

  • New momentum, difficult questions and “greenshouting”: actions for change from ChangeNOW 2026

    As tens of thousands of delegates gather in Paris this week for the ChangeNOW conference, we dive into challenging conversations on financing nature restoration, how to revive collective action in 2026 and fighting “greenhushing”.

  • Better support for regional policies and promotion of social procurement among EU commitments to grow social economy

    In a review of the bloc’s Social Economy Action Plan, the EU Commission said progress is “tangible” but commits to doing more to “level the playing field” for the sector.

  • The AI dilemma: Can social enterprises innovate without compromising their values?

    FILM: Do we grasp the latest AI technology to amplify our impact, or steer clear for fear of causing harm? At SEWF25 in Taipei we explored cutting edge ideas with leading social entrepreneurs, and dived into the ethical conundrums of AI with global experts. 

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Money is dead: moving beyond GDP

Contributing to the cover feature in Pioneers Post's Autumn edition, Michael Green of the Social Progress Imperative explains why "the once self-evident truth that financial measures are sufficient to guide our societies is shattered".

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Money is dead: Peter Holbrook responds

Writing in Pioneers Post Quarterly's Autumn edition, Peter Holbrook, chief executive of Social Enterprise UK, sees government reform, greater transparency and boardroom leadership as the way to a more equal society.

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The balance of power

It's not just the job of investors to assess the capabilities of social enterprises seeking investments, the enterprises themselves also hold substantial power – they just don’t all realise it yet. 

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Money is dead: an introduction

In our cover feature for the Autumn edition of Pioneers Post Quarterly, we consider the following question: what will it take to make social change as desirable as money?

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Bankers in social investment: disease or cure?

"No sector has a monopoly on saints or scallywags." Rodney Schwartz, CEO of leading social investment organisation ClearlySo, contemplates both the harm done and progress made by ex-bankers in the social investment sphere.