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 February 6, 2012.
The author is hosting special Lunch 'n Learn sessions this week at the Centre for Social Innovation. Join him on Friday, Feb. 10th noon @ CSI Spadina (215 Spadina Ave, 4th floor) and Monday, Feb. 12 noon @ CSI Annex (720 Bathurst, 3rd floor).
Three years ago, I started my company Strategic Sustainable Investments to facilitate the shift of money in a more sustainable direction. Recently, there has been an explosion of interest in my work, and I’ve received an avalanche of requests from friends to help shift their money. It seems more and more people are becoming unhappy with their banks and investment advisors. They feel that their money may be perpetuating the problem, instead of funding a better future. This article is an attempt to simplify the process of shifting 100% of your liquid assets into accounts and funds that help build a sustainable economy.
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 January 30.
The 2011 Social Finance Forum, which took place over the past two days at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, brought together investors and ventures in order to create meaningful interactions and learning opportunities to mobilize capital and inspire new ideas. This video covers some of the key events of the day.
"CSR won't lead us to sustainability."
Kelly Baxter, Executive Director of The Natural Step Canada, spoke these words at an excellent event I recently attended through the Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series.
I was pretty taken aback. I shuffled in my seat nervously, felt blood rushing to my cheeks. I had come so far to believe in the power of CSR and its potential for solving societal problems. Jotting down her words anxiously, I wondered, "Am I completely off the mark? Is the work I'm doing taking us in the wrong direction?"
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