• NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards 2025 finalists announced

    Children's clothing waste, period poverty and mental health are just some of the issues being tackled by this year's NatWest SE100 Awards finalists. Find out who they are and book your free place at this year's event.

  • When fashion faces the future: the biomaterials startups going back to nature

    Our demand for more and more clothes is bad news for the planet. New, nature-derived materials promise a lighter footprint – but can they convince price-conscious shoppers, investors and retailers to take a leap into the unknown?

  • The ‘world’s largest social outcomes partnership’ reports high success in bringing opportunities to young people through sport

    Social investor Big Issue Invest says over three-quarters of young people involved in the Chances Social Outcomes Partnership achieved at least one positive outcome, improving their school, work and life circumstances.

  • French savers’ investments in social ventures top €29bn in 2024, latest ‘solidarity finance’ figures reveal

    Data in the Social Impact Finance Barometer 2025 reveals investments in ‘solidarity finance’ grew by nearly €2bn compared with 2023, but its share of total household savings fails to increase substantially.

  • B Corp awareness peaks in the UK, as death announced of co-founder Andrew Kassoy

    B Corp community mourns loss of co-founder Andrew Kassoy – as B Lab UK reveals new data that reports 51% of the UK public is “aware” of B Corps, higher than any other country.

The Impact World this Week: 4 July 2025

This week: UK government creates new cross-departmental ‘Impact Capital Function’, world’s first LGBTQ+ cooperative distillery launches crowdfunder, 2025 Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs winners announced, and more.