News and Views

  • What will the Burnham government mean for the UK’s impact economy?

    Will geopolitics push social enterprise to the bottom of the inbox? Will power be truly shared through devolution? Will progress made so far be forgotten? We asked leaders from across the impact community to share their perspective on the new PM.

  • ‘The Office for the Impact Economy should capitalise on the strengths of its new home in DCMS’

    OPINION: The UK's impact economy must seize the moment with the move of The Office for the Impact Economy to DCMS. Published today, a new proposal for how to define it from NPC and Social Investment Business should help.

  • My quest to give every baby a chance to survive and thrive in rural Uganda

    Following the devastating loss of her cousin’s premature baby in rural Uganda, Dr Comfort Ayikoru created a solution to the country’s desperate lack of incubators.

  • Australian social enterprise community launches ‘sector-owned’ national strategy

    Coordinated by Social Enterprise Australia, the country’s first ever National Strategy for Social Enterprise was co-designed by nearly 500 people from across the ecosystem and aims to ‘unlock the power of social enterprise’.

  • Will you be able to mission-lock your company under the new ‘EU Inc.’ regime?

    A draft new law that could give steward ownership an EU-wide legal status is progressing through the European Union’s legislative machine – and campaigners are working hard to save a decisive amendment from being scrapped.

  • ‘We are acting as pioneers to develop the true capitalism 2.0’ – Markus Freiburg, new chair of Impact Europe

    INTERVIEW: The founding CEO of FASE knows what it means to do impact-first investing that works for social enterprises. As he takes on one of the most influential European impact investing roles, he shares his vision with Pioneers Post.

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The Editor's Post: HOT solutions to extreme heat

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.

David Lyons
Binners' Project

The Impact World this Week: 19 June 2026

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.

Laura Joffre