The newly launched Arab Impact Network aims to build an inclusive movement of impact organisations and ‘change the region’s narrative from one of scarcity to opportunity’.
Former Unilever CEO says new economic order will emerge from current crises and company boards have the responsibility to shape it for the benefit of all stakeholders – rather than for "share speculators".
INTERVIEW: B Lab co-lead Sarah Schwimmer explains why new B Corp standards are more stringent, how the movement is facing up to Trump's threats and why it’s vital that all B Corps take collective action to transform capitalism.
ANALYSIS: Impact sector welcomes “hugely significant” announcement in the first budget from the new Labour government, but social entrepreneurs fear the impact of rising employers’ costs while the National Wealth Fund remains a mystery.
Conversations at the GIIN Impact Forum reveal growing momentum for natural capital – a young field that could become a staple of impact investing, as essential to the world as renewable energy.
This week featuring the latest on the UN’s Social and Solidarity Economy resolution, UK PM Keir Starmer’s commitment to social enterprises, and what young people know about B Corps.
Pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors are now major actors in the global impact investing landscape, reveals the GIIN’s 2024 market sizing research.
Certifications and initiatives focused on purpose-led business may be disruptive. But in their desire to appeal to mainstream businesses and investors, are they undermining efforts to redesign the relationship between finance and business?
Impact investing is back in favour among ministers desperate to use private investment to tackle the country's social crises – and the government is quick to frame the sector's achievements as its own.
Exclusive preview: London Social Ventures will help students and academics to create their own social enterprises to support the communities in which their universities are based.
