• UK social enterprise ‘top 100’ 2025 opens for nominations

    Pioneers Post and NatWest are seeking out the brightest and best applicants for this year's NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards. Don't miss your chance to be counted among the UK's top social enterprises this year.

  • Why are impact investors still ignoring their diversity blind spots?

    How can impact investing claim to drive systemic change when its leadership mirrors the same patriarchal and exclusionary structures it seeks to dismantle – and how can we start changing this?

  • Making waves: The new generation of startups using AI to save the planet

    From tracking underwater creatures to optimising crop yields, many entrepreneurs now use AI to tackle environmental challenges. But, with much uncertainty – and concerns about AI’s negative impact – they’re entering unknown waters.

  • Unlocking change: Pioneers Post kicks off journalism programme for 10 young trainees

    Ten young education advocates from around the world have begun a six-month programme in journalistic storytelling, delivered by Pioneers Post on behalf of global children’s charity Theirworld.

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The Review: Supermarket Sweep

A new supermarket in Brighton is trying to do things differently. They stock seasonal produce, source locally and are keen on animal welfare. Will it work? We checked it out.

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Global social innovation round-up #21

EU Social Innovation Competition finalists are revealed, the UK government attempts to strengthen the Social Value Act and the new president of Catholic Charities USA is prioritising social enterprise.

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Profiting from the poor (done properly)

Sustainable energy entrepreneur Harish Hande argues that a major shift towards greater social equality will only happen when businesses understand "it is not about profiting from the poor but... by partnering with the poor".

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WANTED: Tough Cookies

Our sleeper agent explains why they've gone back into the world of mulitnationals to develop the insight and business acumen needed to make a real difference in the social enterprise sector.