News and Views

  • The bioeconomy, AI and and inclusive recycling: ten takeaways from Latimpacto's 2024 Impact Minds conference

    How is politics influencing impact investing in Latin America? How can the nascent impact investing movement grow its presence in the region? We report from Impact Minds in Oaxaca, Mexico, to answer these questions and more.

  • UK impact investments reach £77bn at the end of 2023, Impact Investing Institute reveals

    Impact assets under management in the UK are up by a third compared with 2020 figures, according to latest report from Impact Investing Institute, while impact investing receives strong backing from government minister Lisa Nandy.

  • Is there a new far-right threat to EU social economy commitments?

    BRUSSELS BRIEFING: As Patriots for Europe looms large in the European Parliament, and Hungary takes on the presidency of the European Council, how might policies that favour the social economy fare, asks our Brussels correspondent.

  • African Union unanimously adopts 10-year strategy to boost social and solidarity economy

    Proposals to develop social enterprises and other similar organisations seek to remove barriers to finance and markets and support informal economy organisations to build the “inclusive economy of Africa in the modern era”.

The Impact World this Week: 22 February 2024

Your quick guide to the news in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business. This week: Danone condemned for plastic pollution, impact jargon reaches 'criminal' levels, and The Body Shop closures confirmed.

The Impact World this Week: 15 February 2024

Your quick guide to the news in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business. This week: Wates smashes its social enterprise spending target, Prince William's Earthshot Prize 2024 host city named, and more.

The Impact World this Week: 8 February 2024

Your quick guide to the news in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business. This week: Patagonia's donations under scrutiny, David LePage's latest news and a big-name move in the UK social investment sector.