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.
We’ve asked leaders of the social enterprise and impact community about their takeaways on the Burnham government’s first budget. From homelessness to support for small businesses and community lenders, here’s what you need to know.
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.
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.
EXPERT INSIGHT: If you’re an impact investor, what’s your first reaction to mental health? Do you immediately think of founders’ wellbeing, of highly scalable, AI-enabled therapy apps, or do you believe it’s a personal topic that isn’t investable at all?
A pioneering pilot investment fund in the UK is testing out a range of instruments to find out which type of finance can work for different social enterprises – and its conclusions could have a global significance.
After the Scottish government announces a new social economy strategy, and a potential £10m social impact partnerships fund, Social Enterprise Scotland chief calls for targeted funding for different business models.
INTERVIEW: The OECD's Priscilla Boiardi on why philanthropy isn't replacing vanishing aid money, and why the countries with the least data may be giving the most. Interview from the AVPN global conference.
EcoPeace Middle East aims to deliver stability to the region through private investment in climate security projects, but the organisation's directors believe impact investors are too risk-averse to support its work.
This week: Triodos Bank and Ethex partner to boost impact crowdfunding, Australian investors allocate AU$100m in catalytic capital over the past three years, SASC brings in new investors to tackle homelessness, and more.
