Are you a founder, leader, or sector influencer for a community‑based social enterprise (charity, CIC, other non-profit, socially trading organisations, purpose-led SME etc)? Partnering for Purpose CIC is contributing to research exploring why so many community-based social enterprises (CBSEs) work incredibly hard, stay deeply connected to local need – and…
Take our Ethical AI Survey Artificial intelligence is often presented as an invisible, frictionless technology. In reality, it has very real environmental, social and human costs – costs that are disproportionately borne by communities in the Global South. This article builds on a simple proposal: AI tools such as ChatGPT…
Published: July 2025 | Reading Time: 8 minutes Gemini Published Chat: https://g.co/gemini/share/1a433315ee97 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping our world, but its colossal growth comes with a significant and often overlooked environmental cost. As we gaze 10-20 years into the future, the large-scale deployment of AI, from sophisticated language models…
Published: July 2025 | Reading Time: 8 minutes Claude Published Chat: https://claude.ai/share/3ee48cb0-eaea-4552-90c6-ecae87924a9c As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly woven into the fabric of our daily lives, a critical question emerges: what is the true environmental cost of our AI-powered convenience? Recent revelations from industry leaders have begun to shed light on…
Published: July 2025 | ChatGPT Published Chat As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into everyday life, concerns are rightly growing about its environmental and social impacts. One user-led proposal suggests that tools like ChatGPT should display or report the estimated environmental footprint of user queries—such as electricity used, water consumed,…
Take our Ethical AI Survey Of course, I don’t mean not mentioning AI at all, I just mean references to the potential negative socio-environmental impact of AI – it gets very few articles or posts, let alone mentions. Apologies for non-Brits (and Brits under 30?) who may not get the…
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If your organisation has growth on the agenda,are YOU holding back YOUR organisation? You have no doubt heard the cliches “Are you working IN your organisation or ON your organisation” “Do you run/own your organisation or does your organisation run/own you” But have you heard that “The more valuable YOU…
A Quick-Start Checklist for Small Charities, CICs & Community Groups You’re NOT becoming a business – You’re becoming a purpose-driven organisation with staying power. 🔍 Mindset & Mission 🔲Revisit your mission – does it still align with your community’s needs? 🔲Talk to your team: Are you open to exploring trading…
The third sector is under pressure. We’re expected to do more with less. We’re navigating endless admin, chasing funding, and firefighting just to stay afloat. But what if there was a better way? Recently, three changemakers – Paul Stepczak from Cwmpas, Tanya Anderson from My Edinburgh and Kevin Lovelady from…
