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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Purpose Capital is seeking a Senior Consultant to play a lead role in its Investment Advisory practice, and to manage and grow an internationally competitive business. Reporting to a Director, this individual will be deeply involved in managing the Investment Advisory practice, including leading client projects and business development, and... More
Thursday, July 17, 2014
The Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme is recruiting an experienced Policy Analyst/Economist to contribute to the analysis of local economic and employment development, with a focus on social entrepreneurship, social economy and social innovation, in OECD Member and non-Member countries. The chosen person will carry out... More
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Celine Louche and Tessa Hebb bring together SRI experts from around the world including Ben Richardson, Steve Lydenberg, Harry Hummels to ask about SRI in the 21st century. The first part of this book explores the innovative approach of socially responsible investors in building engagement approaches, mobilizing networks, developing new products,... More
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
3ci Director Tessa Hebb and Research Associate Roopal Thaker have just released a detailed report on how not-for-profit organizations view their partnerships with business. Drawing on extensive interviews with not-for-profit organizations, this report was commissioned by ESDC, Government of Canada and explores both the challenges and... More
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
The deadline to submit papers for the upcoming PRI Academic Network Conference has been EXTENDED to JUNE 30, 2014 so be sure to submit your abstract ASAP! Registration is also open for the PRI Academic Network Conference 2014 being held from 22-24 September in Montréal, Canada. This event is held in collaboration with the David O’Brien... More
Monday, April 28, 2014
Tessa Hebb discusses the impact of responsible investment as it moves toward the mainstream in the most recent edition of The European Financial Review (April/May 2014). This article addresses the conundrum faced by investors who are interested in incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment... More
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
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and future trends in the principles that govern institutional investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term investment returns.... More
Friday, March 28, 2014
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
The PRI Initiative, the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at Concordia University, and 3ci at Carleton University are pleased to announce the Seventh Annual Academic Network Conference on Responsible Investment, to be held 22-24 September 2014 at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montréal, Canada. For the first time, the PRI... More
Thursday, March 20, 2014
A new working paper by Tessa Hebb, Andreas Hoepner, Tatiana Rodionova, and Imelda Sanchez, "Power and Shareholder Saliency," is now available on our website. Abstract: Shareholder activism has had an impact on the way companies work, focusing the attention of managers on the environmental, social and governance standards (ESG) embedded in... More
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