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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 [...]

Originally established in 1995, the non-profit Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) has become a pillar of Canadian business ethics advocacy and the organization views itself as “the Canadian representative in a world-wide network committed to corporate social responsibility.” With offices in the Canadian business hubs of Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary, the CBSR has a [...]

Carleton University’s Centre for Community Innovation (3Ci) was recently featured at our blog and cited for the notable contributions that its members have made to research in social finance since the mid-1990s. 3Ci is definitely a major node for Canadian knowledge mobilization in the responsible investment sector, and it is our pleasure to announce that [...]

Chances are that if you live in a major urban centre in any one of approximately 170 countries worldwide, you’ve heard of “Earth Day” at the very least – if you haven’t actually participated in, or witnessed any events dedicated to this globally celebrated event. The history of Earth Day – observed on April 22nd [...]

What exactly do food prices and sustainable investing have in common you may ask? Sustainable investing professional Doug Watt recently outlined some potential benefits of investing in socially responsible food commodities in his entry “Have a Taste,” posted to Advisor.ca on December 11th. In his purview of the food industry, Watt argues that many socially [...]

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 [...]