News and Views

  • A building wave: the corporate-Indigenous partnerships doing things differently

    Big business has a dismal record when it comes to respect for Indigenous peoples and local communities. That’s starting to shift, as even the most profit-hungry CEOs see that our futures are all interconnected. Are we entering a new era of partnership?

  • Analysis: Is OpenAI impact washing by becoming a public benefit corporation?

    What are OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s motivations in restructuring his tech firm into a public benefit corporation? Amendments to the law in the US state of Delaware might give a clue on whether Altman is looking for social impact or profit maximisation. 

  • Scottish government backs social enterprise to ‘influence and inspire’ new community wealth building push

    The Scottish government is aiming for full-scale economic systems change and expects social enterprise to be at the forefront of its new economic model, according to discussions at the Social Enterprise Scotland Summit 2024. 

  • VC investments in impact startups worldwide fall by more than a quarter in 2024

    Venture capital funding towards impact startups continues a sharp downward trend as VC investors lose appetite for climate tech, the latest Dealroom figures reveal.

  • Against the odds: the growing green businesses of the Middle East

    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.

Donald Trump at a campaign rally

What Trump 2.0 means for the global impact community

ANALYSIS: The effects of Donald Trump’s return to head of the world’s biggest economy will be felt beyond US borders – and his values can appear at odds with the concept of doing business for good. Impact leaders from around the world share their worries – and reasons to be hopeful.