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 13, 2012.
It is through the collaboration of ideas and experiences that the team at SocialFinance.ca can bring thoughtful discussions to the social finance community each week. In this spirit, we recently brought on several new Assistant Editors to enhance our network with their passion for impact investing and diverse professional backgrounds. To introduce readers to our new contributors, each Assistant Editor was asked what, in their opinion, impact investing needs to move forward.
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.
B Corporations have been making a lot of noise in 2012. Today, Canadian enterprises shared the spotlight, as B Lab – the non-profit behind B Corps - announced the 39 Founding Canadian B Corporations (Press Release, PDF). SocialFinance.ca also received an email from Vale Jokisch, Director of Services, B Lab to share with the community in Canada. Read more to see a video of co-founder Jay Coen Gilbert on B Corps, as well as a surprise!
In an article written for The Philanthropist, Nora Sobolov, President and CEO of the Community Forward Fund, provides insight into alternative financing options for nonprofits. In Why you should care: how charities, nonprofits, and foundations can benefit from social finance, she discusses a number of ways to secure flexible funding that can help bridge the gaps between grant funding and project-based funding.
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