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There is a lot to be said about emerging trends in responsible investing, and fortunately for the socially responsible investing community, Dr. Tessa Hebb and her team at Carleton’s Community Centre for Innovation (3ci) are doing much of the talking these days. Dr. Hebb is a leading advocate of SRI and social finance projects, and [...]

With business quickly coming back into full swing following weeks of holiday paralysis and New Year celebrations, Canadian investors are rapidly adjusting their portfolios with the next 365 days in mind to reflect new trends in the first quarter, and ample guidance regarding investment options is available in the form of the 2013 Corporate Engagement [...]

On Monday, December 10th, EIRIS – known formally by its full the Ethical Investment Research Service – hosted an investor network event entitled “Driving ESG Performance in Emerging Markets” at the global headquarters of Moody’s Corporation in downtown Manhattan. This event had a dual purpose – first, to bring together industry insiders and practitioners to [...]

November has finally arrived and the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is set to once again host its annual Social Finance Forum, with a slew of financial executives, business professionals, and renowned academics lined up to make this institution the epicenter of social finance discussions between November 8-9. Following on the previous year’s theme of [...]

Two powerful impressions will stay with me from the 2012 PRI-CBERN Academic Conference on responsible investment.  Firstly, the energy and commitment of the academics and practitioners who came together to present, debate, agree and disagree make this a unique field.  Secondly, the diversity of perspectives and interpretations of what ‘responsible investment’ actually is is alternately [...]

Originally launched in the winter of 2011, the Centre for Impact Investing (CII) – located in the heart of Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District – has become a burgeoning focal point for the production and dissemination of research on sustainability issues, environmental social and corporate governance (ESG), and socially responsible investing (SRI). As per their self-declared [...]