News and Views

This week: UN launches International Year of Co-operatives, gender-lens impact investing funds treble in past nine years, £150m of lending capital announced for UK underserved small business, and more.

One third of social enterprises were pessimistic about new government’s potential impact on their business even before announcement of employer National Insurance Contribution increases, according to new report.

Big business has a dismal record when it comes to respect for Indigenous peoples and local communities. That’s starting to shift, as even the most profit-hungry CEOs see that our futures are all interconnected. Are we entering a new era of partnership?

At Impact Europe's Impact Week, the stories told by social entrepreneurs themselves are the most powerful.

The European Impact Investing Consortium’s latest data shows huge growth in impact assets under management, but flags that it represents only 2.5% of what could be invested for impact across Europe.

The impact investment and social enterprise communities head for Bluesky and reflect on the US election results. This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.

This week: Ben & Jerry’s stirs things up, Triodos commits to nature-based solutions, new analysis of Australian social enterprise, and more.

ANALYSIS: The effects of Donald Trump’s return to head of the world’s biggest economy will be felt beyond US borders – and his values can appear at odds with the concept of doing business for good. Impact leaders from around the world share their worries – and reasons to be hopeful. 

Triodos Bank's Whitni Thomas says we have an opportunity to democratise our energy system – but governments and financial institutions must step up to unlock the full potential of community-led energy initiatives.