Cooler growth sign of a maturing market, according to the GIIN’s State And Size Of The Impact Investing Market 2026, while GIIN leaders suggest focus should turn to greater effectiveness.
As protests grow around the world against the building of massive, environmentally destructive data centres to serve the ever growing demands of AI, one Australian social entrepreneur has developed a different type of AI data centre which meets his organisation’s social values.
Anara principal Mohamed Hussain talks to Pioneers Post about launching the region’s first early-stage impact VC fund, supporting investees in a febrile geopolitical context, and having clear roles in the region’s impact ecosystem.
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.
This year’s World Economic Forum was sorely lacking in contributions from BME leaders, found Gosbert Chagula. What’s more, Donald Trump’s isolationist views are influencing others to ignore the climate impacts of their actions. This must change.
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.
The third edition of Social Enterprise Monitor launched today in Davos by Euclid shows social enterprises want better public funding schemes and more social procurement from governments.
Data published by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship during Davos 2025 shows supply chain disruptions are increasing around the world, but can be mitigated by buying from social enterprises.
Award-winning economist Mariana Mazzucato says blended finance is not the promised ‘silver bullet’ in scathing UN policy briefing which argues it fails to mobilise enough private investment to meet the SDGs, while financing needs grow.
As impact leaders ask for collective action, the Global South emerges as a driver of innovative solutions. Plus: will the supporters of a "new economy" turn their theory into reality soon enough?
This week: Why over half the world’s workers will need retraining by 2030, social entrepreneurs on the UK New Year’s Honours list, US$100m fund for climate adaptation for women launches, and more.
