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Jan 16, 2025 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
From greenwashing and green taxonomy to child-lens investing, patient capital, climate and nature finance, and economic reconciliation, here are a few significant quotes and graphs from 2024. Why It Matters
The 2025 Canadian social finance sector's challenges include unlocking much more private capital for intentional positive impact, pricing nature services, and growing the purpose economy.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
Social acquisitions turn for-profits into non-profits, which presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the social economy sector. Why It Matters
The Government of Canada’s Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy acknowledges a need for more social innovation focused on Canada’s more persistent and complex challenges. It also seeks to grow Canada’s social finance sector to catalyze community-led solutions to such challenges.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
Promoters’ recurrent contributions to repay investors financing urban biodiversity. Why It Matters
The capital market generally doesn't finance public green spaces. Instead, most nature investing originates from philanthropy or government. Mobilizing private capital toward nature financing is critical to keeping our urban areas greener, but investors want guaranteed market returns.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
Investment firm Just Futures organized a screening of the documentary Join or Die during this year's SOCAP conference, which takes a deeper dive into what social capital is.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
Quebec's CAP Finance Social Finance Fund has announced their first funding recipients, totalling $28 million.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
Within the next year, the investment community and the public should know what activities will and will not count as contributions to Canada's 2050 carbon neutrality goal. Why It Matters
On Oct.9, Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the next steps toward Canada’s long-awaited green taxonomy. Work has stalled since 2022 because of fundamental differences in identifying transition investments.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
Canadians were invited to submit propositions for the 2025 budget last summer. Starting Oct. 1, the House of Commons finance committee meets with the submitters, including Catalyst Community Finance Initiative. Why It Matters
The Social Finance Fund has done a good job building and creating a pool of capital to invest in social purpose organizations and community projects. What’s next - especially with federal elections around the corner?
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
For organizations seeking impact investment this could mean delays and interference in capital flow as investors navigate ESG backlash and impact-washing fears.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
futureofgood.co | Diane Bérard
Series - Editorial Fellowship: Social Finance in Canada Suncor Energy Foundation 2023/24 Major players in Canada's social finance ecosystem are exploring blended finance to attract private capital. Quebec, which has been used for decades, is a key resource. Why It Matters
Thrive Impact Fund is mapping an optimal process for blending different financing (debt, equity, grants) and investors (public, private, philanthropic) around social impact projects.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
thephilanthropist.ca | Tim Harper |Diane Bérard |Jordyn Gibson
Share X - formerly known as Twitter Facebook Linkedin Email Sections Analysis Topics Governance, Public Policy ISSN 2562-1491 Original Link https://thephilanthropist.ca/2024/06/change-is-coming-how-can-the-sector-prepare-for-conservative-rule/ Download Choose Print or Save to PDF in the print dialogue and turn off “Header and Footers” Read more Explore More Articles It doesn’t take a degree in political science or a deep dive into the electoral tea leaves to sense that change appears to be on...
