News and Views

  • Impact investments worldwide hit US$1.76tn as growth slows – GIIN report

    Cooler growth sign of a maturing market, according to the GIIN’s State And Size Of The Impact Investing Market 2026, while GIIN leaders suggest focus should turn to greater effectiveness.

  • UK budget 2026: impact leaders tell us what matters

    We’ve asked leaders of the social enterprise and impact community about their takeaways on the Burnham government’s first budget. From homelessness to support for small businesses and community lenders, here’s what you need to know.

  • The social entrepreneur who built a solar-powered AI data centre in his home

    As protests grow around the world against the building of massive, environmentally destructive data centres to serve the ever growing demands of AI, one Australian social entrepreneur has developed a different type of AI data centre which meets his organisation’s social values.

  • Investor in focus: How Anara Impact Capital is pioneering impact VC in the Middle East and North Africa

    Anara principal Mohamed Hussain talks to Pioneers Post about launching the region’s first early-stage impact VC fund, supporting investees in a febrile geopolitical context, and having clear roles in the region’s impact ecosystem. 

The Impact World This Week: 3 July 2026

This week: French savers’ commitments to social investments grow by 15%; ‘UK first’ child-lens investment fund launches in South Yorkshire; campaign launch for a social enterprise ‘new deal’ in Ireland, and more.

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The Editor's Post: HOT solutions to extreme heat

As Europe is facing an unprecedented heatwave caused by climate change, it has much to learn from the global south, with many examples of people-centred, nature-driven solutions to climate adaptation, as we've reported in our Earth Fixers series over the years.

David Lyons