Experts advocate for small scale AI models, open-source tech and cross-discipline collaboration as answers to AI's ethical maze. This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vitalii Diakov tells us about the journey that he and his wife took from Odesa to Dundee, and the social enterprise they founded.
More than a fifth of Japanese consumers have heard of impact investing, with younger generations showing more interest in the practice, according to a new survey by the Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation.
Leading voices from UK social enterprise, co-operatives and social investment have raised concerns over a “landmark” definition of the ‘impact economy’ that risks alienating a number of impactful organisations.
OPINION: Have heads of state and business leaders lost sight of the importance of social innovation? At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Daniel Nowack found social entrepreneurs continuing to inspire politicians and corporations.
AIBŌ won the Ford Family Foundation’s flagship event, which was hosted at Barclays Innovation Hub powered by Eagle Labs in Shoreditch on Tuesday 21 October. A £50,000 prize pot was shared between the six finalists.
Social enterprise Homes for Good takes its first step into London’s rental market, partnering with Crisis to launch Good Place Lettings. They aim to use the power of the private rented sector to alleviate homelessness.
The consensus text criticised for watering down corporate sustainability requirements had been approved by centre parties in committee last week, but MEPs narrowly rejected it in a plenary vote yesterday.
Commercial maps miss out huge swathes of land, leaving volunteer-powered, open-source maps to fill in the gaps. Getting that software and knowhow into the hands of local communities means they can boost their climate resilience – and their income.
It's time to face reality as EU corporate sustainbility laws are further undermined, why we're trying to avoid acronyms, and a few reasons to read our latest explainer. This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: Skoll Foundation to relocate to Washington DC and 'reshape team'; business leaders campaign for sustainable economy ahead of COP30; US$500m ethical AI initiative launched.
EU parliament committee doubles down on the bloc’s sustainability simplification drive, hardening proposals in the controversial “Omnibus” package that have come under fire for diluting flagship corporate impact reporting regulation.
The Rural Social Enterprise Gathering 2025 will take place in Malaysia at the end of October, bringing together hundreds of social entrepreneurs to focus on the distinct challenges faced by communities outside the world’s urban areas. It will be about ‘sharing like family’, predicts one of the key speakers.
OPINION: As one of the UK's pioneer social investors, Big Issue Invest, celebrates its 20th birthday, new managing director Holger Westphely and original co-founder Nigel Kershaw say the concept is proven - but prepare for uncharted waters ahead.
