Author Diane Berard Diane Bérard is the Future of Good reporter on Canadian social finance and impact investing. diane@futureofgood.co @dianeberard Diane's Latest Articles Seven solutions to help non-profit promoters deliver more affordable units By Diane Berard ● Social Finance and Giving ● October 25, 2023 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 By Diane Berard ● Social Finance and Giving ● October 12, 2023 The iconic yearly ranking includes a non-profit: UTILE, a Montreal-based organization Does shareholder climate activism complement grassroots activism? By Diane Berard ● Climate Change ● September 19, 2023 “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? By Diane Berard ● Social Finance and Giving ● August 14, 2023 “Applicants must think of their equity crowdfunding as a product just like the products or services they already sell to the community.” Posts pagination Previous 1 … 7 8