NatWest SE100 2025 awards were celebrated for the first time in Manchester, England, recognising social enterprises and social investors from across the UK.
The Better Futures Fund is the result of months of consultations over a new social impact investing vehicle announced by the government last autumn, and aims to support 200,000 children over 10 years.
Our demand for more and more clothes is bad news for the planet. New, nature-derived materials promise a lighter footprint – but can they convince price-conscious shoppers, investors and retailers to take a leap into the unknown?
"Countries that have gender equality are the best off in the world" – eBay pioneer and philanthropist Jeff Skoll talks about his beliefs in a rare, personal interview at the opening ceremony of the 2015 Skoll World Forum for social entrepreneurs.
Looking somewhat mischievous and letting loose his trademark laugh once or twice, one of South Africa’s most famous sons talked about belief, the theme of this year’s curtain raiser.
"Few organisations are geared up to know if they are creating as much social value as they can with the resources they have" – Jeremy Nicholls argues that better is not good enough, it's time to start optimising social value creation.
From Brazil's biggest cosmetics company to a US wealth management firm, more and more companies are registering as B Corporations. Should you get involved? Yes! says James Perry.
With less than a month to go before the UK election, the opening salvo for socially minded voters has been fired. The Labour Party has included support for social ventures in the first pre-election manifesto to be revealed.
2015 Sankalp Global Forum: India's minister for science, technology and earth sciences has pedged "maximum support" to India's growing community of social entrepreneurs that are tackling inequality with innovative business models.
India's leading positive news platform The Better India, which acts as a catalyst for positive social change, has been named the Grand Prize winner at the 2015 Sankalp Awards in Delhi, India.
The 2015 Sankalp Global Forum is well underway in Delhi – putting policy makers, social entrepreneurs and impact investors in the spotlight and exploring innovative solutions to pressing social and environmental challenges.
From an insight into social investment activity in South Asia and the launch of a new UK charity retail bond, to UKIP's mysterious charitable donation and Russell Brand's social enterprise, here's our weekly innovation digest.
