For Peat’s Sake: How We Can Turn Europe’s Bogs and Fens Into Investable Green Infrastructure for the Future
Europe’s peatlands and fens, long‑overlooked carbon sinks, are being positioned as a new class of green infrastructure. The article argues that standardized financing tools—such as peat‑linked green bonds and carbon‑credit schemes—could unlock billions for restoration. Policy momentum is building, with the EU pledging to restore 10 million hectares by 2030 and to integrate peat into its biodiversity strategy. Successful market creation would turn ecological benefits into measurable, investable assets.
First-Ever SE100 List of Pioneering Impact Leaders in UK Announced
The Pioneers Post released the 2026 SE100 Index, naming the United Kingdom’s top 100 social enterprises for the first time. The list highlights rising impact metrics, sales growth, and heightened optimism among the sector’s leading pioneers. Alongside the SE100, the...
The Editor's Post: Why Impact Finance Should Be Wary of Replicating Colonial Dynamics
Impact Jordan has released a report urging impact‑finance practitioners to abandon colonial‑style power dynamics and adopt locally grounded definitions of impact. The paper argues that Global North frameworks often marginalize Jordanian communities and misalign capital with real needs. It calls...
Don’t Replicate Colonial Power Dynamics in Impact Finance, Says Impact Jordan
The Arab Impact Network was launched to create an inclusive movement of impact organisations across the MENA region and to shift the narrative from scarcity to opportunity. It aims to raise the region’s impact‑investment share to more than 2% of...
The Impact World This Week: 8 May 2026
The EU’s deteriorating ties with the United States are opening a strategic opening for social entrepreneurs to shape the upcoming EU budget and drive a sustainable, social economy. At the same time, the UK’s Better Futures Fund, launched as the...
The Editor's Post: Digging Deep Into Soil Health and Regenerative Farming
Social enterprise Nuup is reshaping Mexico’s smallholder farming by linking producers to markets, financiers, and technology partners while promoting regenerative agriculture. The platform provides training on soil‑health practices that increase carbon sequestration and boost yields. Early adopters report notable income...
Award-Winning Women Recognised for Their Leadership in Shaping Responsible AI
She Shapes AI, a new initiative spotlighting women’s leadership in responsible artificial intelligence, has honoured six award‑winning women for driving ethical AI‑powered solutions. The recognition follows a Financial Times query about the growing presence of women in AI and underscores...
‘Categorisation Itself Is a Form of Barrier’: Disabled Entrepreneurs Warn Against ‘Single-Lane’ Thinking
A growing cohort of disabled entrepreneurs is warning that traditional categorisation creates a barrier to capital and market access. At the Skoll World Forum, leaders highlighted how "single‑lane" thinking limits the potential of the so‑called "purple pound" – the spending...
The Impact World This Week: 24 April 2026
The Impact World roundup for the week of 24 April 2026 highlights three major developments. A new grant programme aims to spur consolidation among impact‑investing field‑builders, offering financial incentives for mergers and joint ventures. A BBC investigation into asylum‑seeker reporting has provoked...
‘A Coalition Strong Enough to Move Markets’: Faith-Based Investors Unite After Paris Conference
At a post‑Paris conference gathering, leading faith‑based investors announced a new coalition designed to channel capital into socially responsible enterprises. The group unveiled a £5 million (≈$6.3 million) sharia‑compliant Local Access Bradford Fund to lend to Muslim social entrepreneurs, and the Church...
Can We Save Our Vital Social Impact Infrastructure?
Social Enterprise Scotland has announced a partnership with SENScot and other stakeholders to co‑produce a unified voice for the Scottish social enterprise sector. The move follows growing concerns about the sustainability of grassroots and rural support structures. Recent setbacks—including the...
The Impact World This Week: 16 April 2026
The weekly roundup highlights the rise of place‑based impact investing, a strategy that directs capital to specific cities, regions or rural areas to generate measurable social outcomes. It notes growing participation from pension funds, local authorities and asset managers seeking...
The Editor's Post: Cutting Edge Ideas and Ethical AI Conundrums with Tech for Good Pioneers
At the Euclid Summit in Amsterdam, industry leaders and ethicists debated the responsible deployment of artificial intelligence for climate and environmental challenges. The discussion underscored the need for transparent governance frameworks as AI becomes integral to sectors ranging from marine...
How to Use AI without Harming People and Planet, with Nikoline Arns and James Gauci
The Good Experts podcast debuted with hosts Anna Patton and Matt Haworth discussing how social enterprises can harness artificial intelligence responsibly. Guests Simon Glenister of Noise Solution and Gina Romero of Mettamatch share practical steps to align AI with mission,...
The Impact World This Week: 9 April 2026
The week’s Impact World roundup highlighted three key stories. Malala Yousafzai, speaking with former President Mary Robinson at the Skoll World Forum 2025, warned that gender apartheid must be criminalized. A new survey shows over 20% of Japanese consumers now...