As B Lab marks its first two decades and creating a community of more than 10,000 companies, we look back at our coverage of the movement and highlight some of the pioneering B Corps which have made headlines with us.
OPINION: Lasting impact doesn’t come from individual heroics, says serial social entrepreneur Jeroo Billimoria. A fixation on entrepreneurial ‘saviours’ risks obscuring the true collaborative nature of change.
As conflict continues in the Middle East, Jordan-based Andrew Gharaibeh Collingwood shares how the region’s support organisations are continuing to develop the impact finance market and back social enterprises.
Today we unveil the first ever Pioneers100 – a list of 100 of the most pioneering impact leaders in the UK, and a new element of our annual SE100 Index and Awards, delivered in partnership with NatWest Social & Community Capital.
North Star initiative launched at Global Partnerships Conference last week, as UK ministers seek to improve cooperation across sectors and give more agency to countries in the global south – while development aid cuts bite.
Campaigners shocked as one of the US president’s latest executive orders could slash work of community development financial institutions, which offer capital to underserved entrepreneurs and businesses.
This week: Ice-cream co Ben & Jerry’s relations with parent company Unilever get frostier; UK’s CIC Regulator gets streamlined and social enterprise anger as NICs tax exemption denied.
This year’s COP30 in Brazil brings the climate change debate to the heart of the Amazon. But unless the language – and attitude – barrier is bridged, the conversation risks excluding the people who can help rebuild a sustainable planet.
The WISE100 recognises the most inspiring and influential women in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business. Find out who is in our Top 100 List, plus this year's Ones to Watch.
An Olympic sportswoman-turned-social entrepreneur herself, plus one of Scotland's most successful social businesswomen, will be the special guests at this year's WISE100 Awards, the finalists for which we reveal today.
This week: IA50 identifies boom in ‘institutional scale’ impact investment fund managers, first-of-its kind social enterprise loan fund launches in Australia, and discover the incoming Canadian PM’s position on impact investing.
Is the pursuit of business responsibility and sustainability relevant or worthwhile in a polycrisis, on an ever-steepening extinction trajectory, in the Trump 2.0 era? Yes – but don't be woke about it, cautions responsible business entrepreneur Michael Solomon.
Social enterprises helping rebuild Gaza, affordable solar energy for underserved communities in DRC and Ashoka’s Marie Ringler talks systems change. This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
