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.
Impact assets under management in Spain grew by more than 50% between 2023 and 2025, shows fresh research which was previewed at this week’s annual ‘Camino al Impacto’ event in Madrid.
OPINION: Hopes are up for the sector as prime minister Andy Burnham’s refreshed political priorities have made ministers more receptive to the message of the social enterprise community, writes Social Enterprise UK’s Jovan Owusu-Nepaul.
Social Enterprise World Forum’s Social Investment Manifesto calls for a reframing of social investment, as social enterprises remain excluded from investment opportunities in a market still split between profit maximisation and philanthropy.
Lessons in protecting democracy for impact investors from the UK's record-breaking political donations: this week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: Civil Society and impact economy briefs split between two ministers in UK; Earthshot Prize reveals 2026 finalists; SEWF announces next host city; and more…
Autocracy is on the rise worldwide, and impact investors seem reluctant to step in. But large-scale transformations to health, education or the environment need a strong democratic base, the Latimpacto event heard last week.
Europeans have been hit hard by unprecedented crises over a hellish summer. As the EU negotiates its next multi-year budget, it’s time for the social economy to show both policymakers and citizens it has proven solutions to tackle them, writes Toby Gazeley from Brussels.
In an exclusive interview, AVPN's CEO explains why she won't announce a Bangkok financing coalition until the funders are lined up, why Asian philanthropists won't say the word "gender", and why her own country stopped listening to its neighbours.
Pioneers Post editors Julie Pybus and Anna Patton travel to the Amazon forest during the Latimpacto conference to meet local impact entrepreneurs – and shake out preconceptions.
Travel is said to broaden your horizons, and the Latimpacto conference in the Brazilian city of Manaus this week gave delegates an ideal opportunity to bring fresh eyes to their work. We asked them what they were reconsidering.
Getting away from the well-trodden capital cities is vital if impact investors are to fully understand Latin America, says Latimpacto, as the network’s fifth annual conference opens in the Amazon region of Brazil.
