News and Views

  • Homelessness emerges as high-impact area for social investors in new research from Better Society Capital

    New data highlights the scale of the problem in British society and why social investors are well placed to address it, in first Better Society Index published this week.

  • Future perfect: Young European changemakers dream of a just economy by 2040

    A benign and enabling AI, moving beyond GDP as a measure of success, and businesses embedding true-cost accounting – these should all be key attributes of Europe’s economy in 2040, according to a survey of young social entrepreneurs.

  • The Ukrainian couple using social enterprise to rebuild lives in Scotland

    On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vitalii Diakov tells us about the journey that he and his wife took from Odesa to Dundee, and the social enterprise they founded.

  • Awareness of impact investing reaches record high in Japan in 2025

    More than a fifth of Japanese consumers have heard of impact investing, with younger generations showing more interest in the practice, according to a new survey by the Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation.

Muhammad Yunus at WEF 2025 Davos

Davos 2025: five impact headlines you need to know

AI, natural capital, the Trump effect, this year’s G20, and the self-destruction of modern civilisation were all discussed at this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting featuring Muhammad Yunus, Klaus Schwab, Steven Pinker and more.

View of snowy mountains with flags in the foreground at Davos in 2025

The Editor's Post: Carbon footprints in the snow

As the rich and powerful talk about saving the planet in Davos, President Trump is threatening to undo any progress made in the past few years. The impact community has many reasons to despair – but it still has the power to change the world for good.