EXPERT INSIGHT: Faith organisations holding billions of dollars of investment assets met in Paris for an inaugural conference last week and launched a new multi-faith network of investors and centre of excellence.
The Australian actor and philanthropist is putting his Hollywood star power behind Humanitix’s efforts to disrupt the ticket sales industry, aiming to grow the impact of the social enterprise five-fold.
EXPERT INSIGHT: New legislation puts social enterprises, co-operatives and other inclusive businesses at the centre of an economy that works for people, communities and the planet. And it’s part of a wider global conversation.
OPINION: Bonnie Chiu and Peter Ptashko have been to hundreds of conferences, yet still struggle to identify their value. Is there a more effective way to get capital moving for positive impact?
Founder Jeff Skoll launches emergency fund in response to US government ‘efficiencies’, while MacArthur Foundation president urges other funders to follow its lead in releasing more funds during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Speaking alongside Mary Robinson at the Skoll World Forum 2025, the world’s youngest Nobel prizewinner warns that women’s rights everywhere could be vulnerable to attack by oppressive regimes.
Black-led social enterprises and charities are in crisis, and Bayo Adelaja is tired of watching it happen. The answer, she says, isn’t more mentorship or roundtables, but those with power taking action now.
Community development financial institutions have a long history in the US, and the country was admired by others for the success of its CDFI sector. Will a Trump order weaken this legacy?
Campaigners shocked as one of the US president’s latest executive orders could slash work of community development financial institutions, which offer capital to underserved entrepreneurs and businesses.
This week: Ice-cream co Ben & Jerry’s relations with parent company Unilever get frostier; UK’s CIC Regulator gets streamlined and social enterprise anger as NICs tax exemption denied.
