As B Lab marks its first two decades and creating a community of more than 10,000 companies, we look back at our coverage of the movement and highlight some of the pioneering B Corps which have made headlines with us.
OPINION: Lasting impact doesn’t come from individual heroics, says serial social entrepreneur Jeroo Billimoria. A fixation on entrepreneurial ‘saviours’ risks obscuring the true collaborative nature of change.
As conflict continues in the Middle East, Jordan-based Andrew Gharaibeh Collingwood shares how the region’s support organisations are continuing to develop the impact finance market and back social enterprises.
The CEO of the UK’s blended finance wholesaler leaves an impressive record from his 11-year tenure, but his successor will have to meet high ambitions and upcoming challenges.
B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.
In the week of the 40th anniversary of the Bradford City stadium disaster, King Charles is in Bradford to celebrate impact in the city. This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: UK trusts collaborate to back first Black female-founded social investor; Aunnie Patton Power aims to scale ‘innovative finance’; Tribe acquires Snowball – and B Corps feature in their own film series.
INTERVIEW: B Lab co-lead Sarah Schwimmer explains why new B Corp standards are more stringent, how the movement is facing up to Trump's threats and why it’s vital that all B Corps take collective action to transform capitalism.
The newly launched Arab Impact Network aims to build an inclusive movement of impact organisations and ‘change the region’s narrative from one of scarcity to opportunity’.
People displaced by conflict don’t have to be passive recipients of donations. Vadym Georgienko explains how a pilot of the ‘Citizen Token System’, which he designed, has enabled entrepreneurs in a town in western Ukraine to thrive.
Media advice for impact startups, AI's fragile balance between good and bad and breaking barriers for impact VC. This week’s view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: Bill’s Gates to close in 20 years; Char Love joins House of Hackney to stand up for nature; OpenAI’s public benefit corporation restructure confirmed – and more.
