News and Views

  • Social enterprise tackling energy poverty in DRC aims to raise up to £500,000 from UK retail investors

    Altech, a social enterprise founded by former refugees, provides affordable solar energy to underserved people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and new investment could support nearly 14,000 households. 

  • Campaigners' fury at attempt to 'eviscerate' EU sustainability laws

    An initiative claiming to ‘simplify’ EU sustainability laws has been branded ‘full-scale deregulation’ by opponents, with former UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson calling on the European Parliament to resist the reforms.

  • Rebuilding Gaza: Palestinian resilience through social enterprise

    While Donald Trump and Arab leaders compete over plans to rebuild Gaza, local social entrepreneurs are already providing solutions for their communities. It’s a journey towards self-sufficiency and independence for the Palestinian people.

The Impact World This Week: 6 February 2025

This week: the financial fragility of Black-led social enterprises and charities in London, a bonanza of multiyear grant funding for creative enterprises in Scotland and a bumper harvest of payouts for employee-owned veg box firm Riverford.

Muhammad Yunus at WEF 2025 Davos

Davos 2025: five impact headlines you need to know

AI, natural capital, the Trump effect, this year’s G20, and the self-destruction of modern civilisation were all discussed at this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting featuring Muhammad Yunus, Klaus Schwab, Steven Pinker and more.