News and Views

Many in the social enterprise and impact community are excited by the near-certain arrival of the former Greater Manchester mayor to Number 10. But are we putting our expectations too high? This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.

This week: French savers’ commitments to social investments grow by 15%; ‘UK first’ child-lens investment fund launches in South Yorkshire; campaign launch for a social enterprise ‘new deal’ in Ireland, and more.

Impact Finance Bulletin: The wisdom used to be that impact investors didn’t need to sacrifice returns to make a difference – and saying the opposite would have got you into trouble. But in a changing world, a tradeoff is needed.

In a ‘milestone for the impact ecosystem’, Latimpacto’s fifth Impact Minds event arrives in Manaus, Brazil in September. 

As Europe is facing an unprecedented heatwave caused by climate change, it has much to learn from the global south, with many examples of people-centred, nature-driven solutions to climate adaptation, as we've reported in our Earth Fixers series over the years.

British Business Bank announces £90m commitment across 10 microfunds led by teams from diverse backgrounds, including three that received funding and support from Pathway Fund’s incubator programme.

OPINION: If impact investment is about improving people’s lives, why are those people's voices often absent from investment decisions? Capital is being allocated on incomplete information.

'You will need an act of parliament to stop doing community wealth building,' says government minster at Social Enterprise Summit Scotland.
 

This week: What Canada’s first state of social enterprise survey in 10 years reveals, UK impact leaders celebrated in King’s Birthday Awards, 50 Europeans impact startups to watch announced, and more.