News and Views

  • ‘Categorisation itself is a form of barrier’: disabled entrepreneurs warn against ‘single-lane’ thinking

    Funders must see disability as at the “intersection of everything”, say entrepreneurs at the Skoll World Forum, where a cohort of leaders championing inclusive public health took to the stage. 

  • ‘Not just a celebrity figurehead’: Hugh Jackman becomes head of impact at Humanitix

    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.

  • Why Scotland’s Community Wealth Building Act is big news for social enterprise – and the country's economy

    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.

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The Editor’s Post: AI for good: Hype or hope?

An emerging generation of impact entrepreneurs are using AI for positive impact – but in a fast-moving field, they will have to be agile to survive while avoiding mission-drift. Also this week: will B Lab's new standards woo back the B Corp leavers?

The Impact World This Week: 10 April 2025

This week: Ashoka’s Bill Drayton awarded ‘global treasure’ status by Skoll, how Ukraine’s social entrepreneurs defy the rockets, the least popular SDG for impact investors revealed, and more.