While it once might have been enough for brands to proclaim their ethical status and simply steer customers towards sustainable actions, people are now demanding that corporations practice what they preach. Whether this is by being more transparent about their supply chains or creating more ethical product ranges, they’re looking for companies to lead the way and come up with innovative solutions to environmental issues

Beam is an organisation using tech to tackle homelessness. The charity uses crowdfunding to fund people’s employment training and the platform allows donors to see how their money is directly improving people’s lives, building empathy between individuals.

We feel good when we give. Whether it’s time, money or skills, it doesn’t matter – we’ve all felt it. But helping a neighbour with some heavy lifting feels different to donating money to a foreign charity. Canvas8 sat down with Dr. Lara Aknin to understand what makes us feel good about giving.

British charities missed out on £80 million in 2016 due to cash-only donation systems. In an effort to combat this, Barclays has launched donation boxes that accept card-based payments, theorising that a seamless payment system could lead to a spike in random acts of giving.