This week: ‘not-for-profit’ actor Michael Sheen recognised by Time magazine, GIIN focuses on Japan’s ‘inspiring’ momentum for impact investing, and B Corps continue to rise.

IMPACT 101: Cooperatives are big business: more than 1bn people are cooperative members, and the top 300 cooperatives and mutuals turn over more than US$2tn. But how do these entities work, and what are their benefits and drawbacks? 

This week: Sir Ronald Cohen’s social investment solution for UK child poverty, Kresse Wesling bags $100k Cartier impact award, Mirova merger – and more.

This week: citizens’ call to invest Norway’s oil wealth for impact; world’s first ‘Mindfulness City’ set to nurture social entrepreneurs; BlueMark’s Making the Mark impact management leaderboard out now – and more.

This week: UK trusts collaborate to back first Black female-founded social investor; Aunnie Patton Power aims to scale ‘innovative finance’; Tribe acquires Snowball – and B Corps feature in their own film series.

This week: Bill’s Gates to close in 20 years; Char Love joins House of Hackney to stand up for nature; OpenAI’s public benefit corporation restructure confirmed – and more.

This week: WEF’s Klaus and Hilde Schwab face whistleblower allegations; Triodos breaks from Net Zero Banking Alliance; OpenAI aims to expand its philanthropic reach and impact – and more.

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