Impact, sales – and optimism – have all been going up for the UK's leading impact pioneers, as evidenced by the latest SE100 Index, the annual list and survey of the UK's Top 100 social enterprises, published this week.
With a revolutionary approach based on seismology, the Earth Rover Program is making waves in soil health testing and is aiming for the “Holy Grail” of farming: high crop yields with low environmental impacts.
Blood transfusion, marine plastic and domestic violence among areas tackled by She Shapes AI Global Award winners announced at a gathering at the London School of Economics, UK.
Bring your sandwich, speak English, stay true to your ethics and other tips: impact entrepreneurs at ChangeNOW share advice on landing deals, partners and customers at a conference exhibition.
Funders must see disability as at the “intersection of everything”, say entrepreneurs at the Skoll World Forum, where a cohort of leaders championing inclusive public health took to the stage.
An enterprise rescuing wasted food for schools, a CIC providing trauma-informed training, a hospitality business accelerating race equity and an organisation helping visually impaired people travel – meet the NatWest SE100 Impact Pioneer finalists.
OPINION: There is a critical layer in the impact movement – the intermediaries that support social entrepreneurs and impact investors. But we must rethink the economics of this field-building role.
EXPERT INSIGHT: Faith organisations holding billions of dollars of investment assets met in Paris for an inaugural conference last week and launched a new multi-faith network of investors and centre of excellence.
This week: news from Social Nest Foundation, British International Investment, Sitawi in Brazil, Democratic Finance Scotland and the Social Business Wales Awards.
Better Society Capital, the UK’s social investment wholesaler, reveals 7% growth in the market since 2022 plus a new analysis of the most prolific types of investor.
The two tech-for-good experts talk to Tim West about their initiative for women leading the development of ethical AI, the importance of empathy to advance AI for the good of humanity, and why women shouldn’t be expected to work for free.
Updated: Student doctor scoops £20,000 top prize for his AI-driven platform to support medical professionals, in a new contest to support the most innovative start-up social enterprises coming out of UK universities.
We thought long and hard about whether to publish our feature on the Middle East this week, but we believe that the global community of impact pioneers can offer solidarity by understanding each other's work on a deeper level.
Don’t be scared to report on things that aren’t perfect, make reporting central to your work and ask difficult questions. Expert advice for social enterprises and other impact-focused organisations from our webinar on impact reporting.
Success in the venture capital world has long been rewarded with a share of profits called ‘carried interest’. In the impact investing market, fund managers are trialling ‘impact carry’. After testing it out, what do fund managers and investors think?
Running a venture that helps both people and planet is hard. Amid inflation, instability and even war, it sounds almost impossible. But, for the pioneers of green business in Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt, sticking to the mission makes sense.
