SocialFinance.ca produces a weekly round up featuring social finance related news, insights, job openings, and events. We source the content for these round ups from Twitter, an RSS reader, and directly from our community of social finance practitioners. Below is our round up for the week of March 28, 2011.
SocialFinance.ca produces a weekly round up featuring social finance related news, insights, job openings, and events. We source the content for these round ups from Twitter, an RSS reader, and directly from our community of social finance practitioners. Below is our round up for the week of March 21, 2011.
“Companies must take the lead in bringing business and society back together. The solution lies in the principle of shared value, which involves creating economic value in a way that also creates value for society by addressing its needs and challenges. We believe that it can give rise to the next major transformation of business thinking.” (in “The Big Idea” by Michael Porter and Mark R. Kramer, Harvard Business Review, January-February, 2011)
Creating sustainable value is our 21st century challenge. That is the message from well-known Harvard business strategist, Michael Porter. The Canadian Task Force on Social Finance focused on accelerating shared value creation when we launched our report, “Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good” at the end of 2010. MaRS Discovery District welcomed over 400 people at the release of the report, where they also heard endorsements of the Task Force recommendations from global impact investing leaders, and support for the pioneering work of the community in Canada.
A few days ago I came across a post entitled "The Hidden Reality Behind Social Impact Bonds". As I've mentioned several times, I believe the Social Impact Bond Model has true potential for progressing social finance in Canada. The author of this article, however, has taken an extreme opposite stance, and I couldn't disagree more with his opinion.
If you aren't familiar with what a Social Impact Bond is, I suggest you read my explanation on a past post, "Social Impact Bond Model: 7 Easy Steps" before continuing. It's a short but comprehensive read, I promise.
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