UNICEF looks to test its child-lens investing framework
Assessing whether an investment harms or contributes to the wellbeing of children is the humanitarian organization’s goal
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What 2024 holds for social finance
From transition finance to the impact of real estate on climate change solutions, here are eight things Future of Good expects to make news in the social finance sector this year.
Canada’s Social Finance Fund’s first investment champions outcomes financing
The first investment will go to the Raven Indigenous Outcomes Fund
Nature Investment Hub hopes to generate $20B for natural land conservation and restoration in Canada
Hub hopes to bring all stakeholders to the table to create robust nature-based solutions and attract investors to finance them
Seven solutions to help non-profit promoters deliver more affordable units
UTILE plans to build and operate 3,000 affordable student housing units by 2027
A first: Non-profit ranks in Globe & Mail ranking of Canada’s top-growing companies
The iconic yearly ranking includes a non-profit: UTILE, a Montreal-based organization
Does shareholder climate activism complement grassroots activism?
“We built on the work of advocacy and grassroots activism to get investors to realize that climate change is a collective problem.”
A new pilot program aims to encourage equity-crowdfunding — will it work?
“Applicants must think of their equity crowdfunding as a product just like the products or services they already sell to the community.”
How an $18.6 million dollar fund helps community organizations beat speculators and own their own spaces
Twenty partners, including public and private investors, philanthropic foundations, and labour funds, have joined forces to develop a suite of loan programs designed to help social purpose organizations beat rent inflation
