Renewal’s friends at Vancity Community Foundation are pleased to announce a new website and Twitter account.

Check them out:

www.vancitycommunityfoundation.ca

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Renewal investee Michael Jantzi discusses socially responsible investing in a July article in The Globe and Mail.

More from Tides Canada

A recent press release from our friends at Tides Canada.

BY MIKE DE SOUZA, POSTMEDIA NEWS JULY 12, 2011 3:02 PM

A wide-ranging group of businesspeople, scientists, investors, municipal leaders and non-profit organizations is urging Canadian energy ministers to use an upcoming national summit to move away from oil, gas and coal and toward a greener economy.

OTTAWA — A wide-ranging group of businesspeople, scientists, investors, municipal leaders and non-profit organizations is urging Canadian energy ministers to use an upcoming national summit to move away from oil, gas and coal and toward a greener economy.

A few of our incredible Flack Block friends share their experience working in a shared office space.

VANCOUVER — Jodi White, one of Canada’s leading public policy thinkers, has been appointed Board Chair of Tides Canada, a national and non-partisan charity committed to innovative solutions to benefit Canadian society and the environment.

Great article by our officemate in the Flack Block, Merran Smith who directs the New Energy Vision for Canada project at Tides Canada.

When oil goes out of fashion
The Toronto Star
By: Merran Smith

On June 23rd, Alter Eco, a Renewal2 portfolio company, was featured in the printed Edition of The New York Times.  The article presented Alter Eco as a successful social venture that is able to attract “talented people” and specifically names Alter Eco's VP of Sales Kate Tierney as a prime example.  Writer Susan Moran explains how “tough times may be increasing interest in social ventures” and uses an Alter Eco as an example of a firm that supports “companies that are doing the right thing right from the start”.

SVI Alumni Kevin Lynch Tapped as new CEO of SE Alliance.

Posted on June 13, 2011 in News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE SELECTS NEW CEO
Seasoned Practitioner, Author, Speaker, Field Leader & Vice Chair