Canada Has Opportunity to 'Leapfrog' in Social Finance Momentum generated with launch of task force report TORONTO - At the Nov. 30 launch of the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance's report, experts pointed to the tremendous opportunities the country has to leapfrog in the global social finance movement by implementing the recommendations. Read More
J.P. Morgan says Impact Investing a New Asset Class 96-page report estimates investment opportunities between $400 billion and $1 trillion over the next decade Impact investing constitutes an emerging new asset class, says a recently released report by J.P. Morgan and the Rockefeller Foundation. Read More
Toronto General Hospital's Shift to Generative Culture Gets Results Patient satisfaction, patient safety, employee engagement, staff retention metrics see positive movement Since the introduction of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach seven years ago, the Toronto General Hospital culture has been making a shift that is generating positive movement on each of a number of the organization's metrics, say hospital executives Petrina McGrath and Marnie Escaf and AI consultant Danny Nashman. Read More |
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Next Steps in Social Finance
Many thanks are due to those involved in the creation of the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance report: Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good. The work lays the groundwork of relationships and architecture for bringing social finance to bear for the sake of building a better world.
The pressures on our social systems, energy demands, financial system distress, mounting sovereign debt, and environmental realities, are becoming increasingly obvious and understood by a growing number of people. Without a clear idea of what can be done we are left hopeless and without a way forward.
Social finance provides a needed stepping stone to the next generation of organization, social innovation, and regeneration. This being the case, the Task Force's report is a critical document. Providing a framework for changes in taxation, corporate and charitable law to create entry points for social investment the report gives direction. It makes clear the inadequacy of current law, created for another time when different strengths prevailed, to support the strengths emerging in response to new realities. With the analysis and action steps stated what comes next?
Bill Young, who served on the task force as well as the discussion panel at last Tuesday's launch event suggested the task force might now move from an analysis stance to marketing. Read More |
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Axiom News Chair Attending Appreciative Inquiry Course
Event provides opportunity to share Axiom's vision for strengths-based storytelling
Michelle Strutzenberger is representing Axiom News at an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) course led by co-originator David Cooperrider that's exploring how and why the strengths-based approach works. Read More
Stories Help Boost BLJC Social Responsibility Program Volunteerism
Team member appreciates ease and quickness of news-gathering process
Brookfield LePage Johnson Controls' (BLJC's) news program has helped bring more team members in the Vancouver Lower Mainland region into the fold of the corporate social responsibility program, says a program representative.
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People First President Applauds Axiom News for Bill 83 Coverage
Axiom News can play a part fostering discussion in support of bill, says Kory Earle
People First of Ontario president Kory Earle is applauding articles published by Axiom News on the Community Living Leaders website for their recent focus on Bill 83. Read More
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