Social enterprises are not only needed, but wanted. They can’t be ignored if the government really plans to build a country that works for all, reflects Social Enterprise UK’s Jovan Owunsu-Nepaul after the Labour party conference.
Impact assets under management keep growing but yearly investment volume drops as impact investors report economic headwinds – while they move towards 'safe' investments in mature companies and developed markets.
Sixth annual meeting of SpainNAB in Madrid sees government reinforce its commitment to backing the country’s growing impact investing movement, as the €400m 'Fondo de Impacto Social' marks its first year of investments.
Ahead of Impact Week in Malmö, Leslie Johnston talks about how the impact community needs to work with ‘unlikely allies’ if it is to tackle today’s existential challenges – and why impact investors need to listen to the voices of social innovators on the ground.
In the wake of foreign aid cuts, and in its drive to become a world leader in impact investing, Asia needs to find its own sources of catalytic capital to attract more private investment to impact. Where will it come from, and how do we get there, were key questions at the AVPN conference 2025.
INTERVIEW: Social enterprises too often slip into ‘charity talk’, so how can they be taken seriously as an economic force by the UK government? The chair of Social Enterprise UK discusses his meetings with Keir Starmer, his impatience for change in social investment – and racism.
Social Enterprise World Forum was founded in Scotland. Now, the country’s government is backing a delegation to head to Taiwan to promote its social enterprise ecosystem to the world.
MY IMPACT STORY: The award-winning disability rights campaigner and social entrepreneur shares his story of how he transformed pain to purpose – and became one of the most influential disabled people in the UK.
Demos report claims reforming the Companies Act to put social and environmental impact at the heart of directors’ duties would add £149bn to UK GDP a year – but the political will for reform is needed.
The serial social entrepreneur and co-founder of Catalyst 2030 has a string of awards to her name. But Jeroo Billimoria isn't done yet. She tells us why representation of Global South changemakers is still woefully behind.
At EVPA's Impact Week we hear from social entrepreneurs and investors about collaborating for impact. This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
As populism takes hold in another European country, delegates at EVPA’s Impact Week in Turin consider what impact investors must do to convince policymakers to stop pursuing economic growth at all cost. Plus: EVPA announces a rebrand.
Almost two years on from the report his commission published on inequality in UK social investment, Lord Victor Adebowale says he doesn’t ‘apologise for being impatient’ about getting more funds to the UK’s black communities.
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Amid all the excitement at ImpactFest last week, we took aside some social entrepreneurs, impact investors and consultants to find out what they think is worth championing and what needs to be changed in the world of impact startups.
