As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
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’.
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.
What does the optimism of 2012, expressed by Jonathan Greenblatt, Nick Hurd, Dame Caroline Mason and more in the first edition of our weekly newsletter, look like 13 years later? This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: citizens’ call to invest Norway’s oil wealth for impact; world’s first ‘Mindfulness City’ set to nurture social entrepreneurs; BlueMark’s Making the Mark impact management leaderboard out now – and more.
As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.
In the week of the 40th anniversary of the Bradford City stadium disaster, King Charles is in Bradford to celebrate impact in the city. This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: UK trusts collaborate to back first Black female-founded social investor; Aunnie Patton Power aims to scale ‘innovative finance’; Tribe acquires Snowball – and B Corps feature in their own film series.
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.
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’.
