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Diane Berard

Diane Bérard is the Future of Good reporter on Canadian social finance and impact investing. 

Diane's Latest Articles

Ten observations about the state of Canada’s outcomes-based finance efforts

The Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation and the Sorenson Impact Institute at the University of Utah have published the first comprehensive report on Canadian Outcomes-Based Finance.

Q&A: Will Canada follow in Europe’s footsteps and regulate greenwashing?

Canada’s sustainability disclosure regulation is caught between Europe's pull and the U.S. status quo

Q&A: Trottier Foundation head on why they’re hiring an inside shareholder engagement director to battle climate change

Trottier Foundation is adding direct dialogue with companies it invests in as a tool to accelerate climate action.

Social Venture Connexion SVX Closes the Market Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
SVX launches major update to impact investing opportunity database

The database aims to direct more capital flows toward meaningful change

Report Card: Non-profit leaders give their score for Federal Budget 2024

The budget for 2024 has dropped. How will this impact non-profits, charities and other social purpose organizations?

The B.C. pilot project that prevents affordable housing loss

Called the Rental Protection Fund, the government of B.C. created a $500 million fund to help non-profits buy affordable housing units

Financial literacy as an antidote to stress

Financial stress affects our sleep, behaviour, relationships and performance. Financial literacy is critical to reducing this pressure and increasing general wellbeing.

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

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.

Second and third from the left, Derek Ballantyne, CEO of Boann Social Impact, and Jeff Cyr, co-founder of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, at the Outcomes Finance Summit
Canada’s Social Finance Fund’s first investment champions outcomes financing

The first investment will go to the Raven Indigenous Outcomes Fund

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