cbernblog.ca

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 [...]

Originally established in 1989, the Social Investment Organization (SIO) has come to be known as one of the most respected voices on socially responsible investing (SRI) in the Canadian business community. As a non-profit network with more than 400 corporate members across the country, the SIO’s guiding mission is to “promote the practice of sustainable [...]

The ascent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and socially responsible investing (SRI) practices over the past twenty years has marked a profound change in policy and practice for corporate bosses, financial chiefs, and government bureaucrats alike. Whereas prior to the 1990s the concepts of CSR and SRI were still widely unknown outside of a small [...]

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 [...]

On Monday, October 15th, the Canadian Business for Social Responsibility will be hosting a Sustainability Investment Forum in Calgary, Alberta, a month in advance of its anticipated 10th Annual CBSR Summit, with the latter event being hosted in Toronto. The objective of the Sustainability Investment Forum is clear-cut – a quick look at the agenda [...]