Q&A: How will Canada define what a 'green' investment is?
Why It Matters
On Oct.9, Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the next steps toward Canadaโs long-awaited green taxonomy. Work has stalled since 2022 because of fundamental differences in identifying transition investments. Distinguishing between green, transition, and brown investments is critical to directing more money toward socio-ecological transition.ย
A year of war: For Gazaโs children, their home is little more than a graveyardย
Why It Matters
How warring parties treat children is a significant indicator of whether international laws of war are being respected, according to Save the Children
Q&A: Canada needs to triple its climate financing for other countries, climate NGOs say
Why It Matters
Canadaโs international financial contribution of $5.3 billion to combat climate change falls short of its fair share in quantity and quality according to experts. Tripling the money, disbursed in grants and not loans, and prioritizing adaptation is needed.
Q&A: The crisis in Israel-Palestine and Canadaโs philanthropic sector
Why It Matters
Rabinowicz suggests when a global issue profoundly impacts the communities philanthropy supports, we should be able to respond.
In conversation with Mansib Rahman, co-founder and CEO of Radish
Why It Matters
Montrealโs Radish plans to be the first co-op in the world to issue shares. Those shares would not guarantee voting rights, only economic rights. Co-op members would keep all the influence. Will it work? This conversation concerns financial innovation, financeโs role in hyper-local ventures, investorsโ extra-financial motivations, and the risk of mixing money and the common good.