This week: Warburtons partners with Bolton Council to serve up social supermarket; Dame Caroline Mason to step down as Esmée Fairbairn Foundation CEO; Eight corporates spent more than €71m with European social economy enterprises in 2025, and more.
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.
This week: Better Society Capital’s new 2030 strategy; B Lab announces new board and shift towards “globally integrated” structure; Impact Shakers launches new initiative to spotlight diverse-led startups, and more.
After more than three years of war, Ukrainians are continuing to adapt to their ‘new normal life’. Good business is a vital part of the conflict response, says the head of the country’s social enterprise support body.
Facts and stats aren't enough: the systemic change that we’re all seeking has not yet happened. How can we change our approach? Delegates embark on a different type of journey at Impact Week to find out.
Impact Europe today revealed the name of its new chief: Angela Wiebeck, praised for “building bridges” between mainstream finance and impact over her two decades at UBS and Aquila Capital. She speaks to Pioneers Post from Brussels.
The GIIN’s latest State of the Market survey suggests impact investors might be a bit overoptimistic about their work – whether that's looking at issues like impact washing or impact performance. Does this risk undermining trust in the sector?
Ahead of Impact Week in Malmö, Leslie Johnston talks about how the impact community needs to work with ‘unlikely allies’ if it is to tackle today’s existential challenges – and why impact investors need to listen to the voices of social innovators on the ground.
