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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The Responsible Investing Initiative is incubating the Canadian Impact Infrastructure Exchange (CIIX). Heralded by HRSDC as a promising model in social finance, the CIIX is an information exchange that brings together investors (including Canada’s largest pension plans) and infrastructure investment opportunities that feature positive social and... More
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The boundaries between public and private are blurring with the responsibilities of social development no longer in the hands of government. In the last several decades social finance and ethical investment have become increasingly important and sought after investment methods. For example... More
Friday, March 28, 2014
Tessa Hebb's blog post, "What it Means to be an Impact Investor," was recently posted on The Conference Board's blog page. Read the full post... More
The State of the Nation report on impact investing in Canada, jointly authored by Purpose Capital and the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, was released yesterday morning at Impact Ontario. Click here for the Executive Summary and Full Report. This report has several related objectives: To describe impact investing and how it is developing... More
Monday, March 10, 2014
Heartland Capital Strategies recently featured the Canadian Impact Infrastructure Exchange (CIIX) in their E-Journal. The Canadian Impact Infrastructure Exchange (CIIX), commissioned by 3ci and Impact Infrastructure, LLC, is an information exchange that brings together investors (including Canada's largest pension plans) and infrastructure... More
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Babita Bhatt and Tessa Hebb have developed a new Social Metrics Primer to measure social value. The primer guides readers through the process of measuring social outputs and valuing social outcomes in both qualitative and quantitative ways. The primer is accompanied by an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to complete the exercises. The... More
Monday, August 26, 2013
Canada Measures is an accessible, sophisticated impact measurement system available to grassroots organizations. By participating, you get: An affordable social impact measurement system Social Return on Investment and Impact Reports at 10% of the traditional cost Proprietary software developed with funding from the National Research Council of... More
Thursday, August 8, 2013
socialfinance.ca has featured Tessa Hebb's course offering through Carleton's School of Public Policy and Administration in a new blog post, Instructing for Impact: Carleton University. The post details the development of the two courses, Responsible and Impact Investing (PANL 5302) for the Master in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL),... More
Monday, July 8, 2013
3ci partner CISED offering consulting services for social enterprises Seeking consulting services to help conceive, design, build, market, fund, improve, or purchase a social enterprise? The Centre for Innovative Social Enterprise Development is Open for Business. Our non-profit mission is to continue to promote the advancement and development of... More
Thursday, June 27, 2013
CURA RII researchers Priya Bala Miller (UBC/SHARE) and Heather Hachigian (Oxford) have released a report with CURA RII partner CURI titled Endowment Evolution: Benchmarking Responsible Investment at Canadian University Endowment Funds. The report provides baseline data for credible comparison of universities' efforts to align their investment... More
Monday, May 27, 2013
May 28th , 12 noon to 1pm EDT Two important new areas of research were presented: 1. The Impact of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment on ESG Practice 12 pm to 12:30 pm EDT 2. Responsible investment in the Canadian Territorial North 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm EDT St. Andrews UK Dr. Andreas... More
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Conflict between Aboriginal communities and resource companies can and does happen. And there is no shortage of high profile examples, whether it’s Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, Barrick’s Pascua-Lama mine in Chile or lawsuits brought against Hudbay for alleged human rights violations in Guatemala. But there is another side to this... More
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