Autocracy is on the rise worldwide, and impact investors seem reluctant to step in. But large-scale transformations to health, education or the environment need a strong democratic base, the Latimpacto event heard last week.
Social Enterprise World Forum’s Social Investment Manifesto calls for a reframing of social investment, as social enterprises remain excluded from investment opportunities in a market still split between profit maximisation and philanthropy.
Europeans have been hit hard by unprecedented crises over a hellish summer. As the EU negotiates its next multi-year budget, it’s time for the social economy to show both policymakers and citizens it has proven solutions to tackle them, writes Toby Gazeley from Brussels.
Travel is said to broaden your horizons, and the Latimpacto conference in the Brazilian city of Manaus this week gave delegates an ideal opportunity to bring fresh eyes to their work. We asked them what they were reconsidering.
Following the devastating loss of her cousin’s premature baby in rural Uganda, Dr Comfort Ayikoru created a solution to the country’s desperate lack of incubators.
Before Spain and Argentina face off in the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, here's an alternative vision of the impact professional football can make on the world.
This week: Church of England’s £100m fund to address slavery link faces legal challenge, the GIIN’s CEO and co-founder Amit Bouri to step down, new report shows enterprise activities can help charities be more resilient, and more.
The goal of a Dublin football club is to transform the entire city’s economy. We explore Bohemian FC’s plans to position itself at the vanguard of the global community wealth building movement.
A draft new law that could give steward ownership an EU-wide legal status is progressing through the European Union’s legislative machine – and campaigners are working hard to save a decisive amendment from being scrapped.
OPINION: UK aid has helped coastal communities in the global south restore mangroves, reefs and rebuild fisheries. Its sudden withdrawal means these effective and efficient ways of building climate resilience will undo years of work.
This week: Warburtons partners with Bolton Council to serve up social supermarket; Dame Caroline Mason to step down as Esmée Fairbairn Foundation CEO; Eight corporates spent more than €71m with European social economy enterprises in 2025, and more.
INTERVIEW: The founding CEO of FASE knows what it means to do impact-first investing that works for social enterprises. As he takes on one of the most influential European impact investing roles, he shares his vision with Pioneers Post.
Mission-led businesses are more resilient and grow faster than the UK average, but they still only represent a small fraction of the UK’s business landscape, reveals study of Companies House data produced by Allia Impact and Beauhurst Insights.
