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?
With under a week to go until the UK's leading social investment conference, Good Deals 2014, we catch up with one of the key speakers Maff Potts to find out about his social investment hopes and frustrations.
This year Pioneers Post travelled to Malaysia with the British Council to help equip a group of aspiring journalists with the skills needed to tell the stories of social innovators who are taking on the country's biggest social and environmental challenges.
Conjuring up a brilliant idea that you believe will solve some of the biggest social and environmental issues facing the world is one thing. Transforming that idea into a practical, profit-generating business model is something else altogether.
As the National Audit Office runs its second investigation into the funding of the Big Society Network, Liam Black recalls his time as a Nesta trustee asked to fund the network at a critical time in Nesta's own history.
Resilience, pragmatism and innovation are required to address the global heath epidemic that nobody is talking about: mental health. Chris Underhill spoke at the Emerge Conference about his pioneering work in the developing world.
Crowdfunding for social, enviromental and civic projects is shaken up in the UK, reality TV inspires social innovators in the US and education is the top CSR priority in India.
The FRC Group, one of the UK's most established social enterprises that supports disadvantaged groups in Liverpool, has released its first fully integrated social and financial annual report. What's the verdict?
Unless we get this right, at best there is a danger of a political backlash which potentially puts the sector back years, says the sheriff of impact investing Arthur Wood, on the G8 report.
