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.
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?
Profit with purpose – a dangerous shift away from the carefully nurtured social economy or the future for social entrepreneurs looking for investment as they try to break into the market?
Earlier this year the SROI Network – soon to be Social Value UK – brought together individuals from the social enterprise, charity and corporate sectors in Milan, Italy to discuss the importance of true, honest impact measurement.
Academics in Bangladesh call for policy guidelines around corporate social responsibility, the US government invest in 25 Asian social enterprises and in the UK David Cameron chimes in on social enterprise success in the north.
Why is there such a big difference between what the public are seeing and what those sitting around the board table of businesses are seeing? Norman Pickavance gets to the heart of this debate at the launch of his new book.
A £10m investment to help give social enterprises, cooperatives and charities access to crucial financial resources has been made by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Canada is a world-class exporter of impact investment ideas and initiatives, writes Canadian social entrepreneur Adam Spence. And it's starting with partnerships in the USA.
What does responsible capitalism look like and how can the social investment market be scaled to create more impact? These were some of the big issues up for debate at Good Deals 2014 – the UK's leading social investment conference.
Would Nesta have funded the Grameen Bank and can Coca-Cola really be classed as a social innovator? Dr Andrew Curtis and Tara Anderson warn that social innovation might have lost its way.
Catch up on the action at last week's RBS SE100 Awards which celebrated the most resilient, fastest growing and innovative social enterprises in the UK.
