On November 13, 2012, Renewal Partners founders Carol Newell and Joel Solomon were inducted into Social Venture Network's Hall of Fame. Please read on to hear what the Vancouver Sun had to say.

Congratulations to Joel Solomon and SVI Alumni, Libba and Gifford Pinchot of Bainbridge Graduate Institute, who received the Social Venture Network (SVN) Service Award at the SVN Spring Member Gathering on Saturday, April 9.

 

An inspirational write-up in Granvile Magazine about the Social Venture Network Local Gathering last month.

Growing local wealth in Vancouver through social venture networking
By Emily Jubenvill, March 11, 2011
Granville Magazine

Vancouver is quickly becoming a hub for social ventures and community investing where a triple-bottom-line approach ensures business is giving back to the community

I didn't really know what to expect as I rode the quiet elevator up to Joel and Dana Bass Solomon's Downtown Eastside apartment. The occasion: the Social Venture Network Local Gathering, an evening of networking with people from some of North America's top values-based investment firms, businesses and non-profit organizations.

The other night I attended a local gathering of folks organized by Social Venture Network, Renewal Partners, B-Lab, Vancity and RSF Social Finance. It was billed as “an evening of connections and collaboration” and it went down at the home of Dana and Joel Solomon, a couple whose names are synonymous with the success of values-driven businesses in this city and who we’ll be bringing you more about in the future...

I believe that there is a new era of corporate humility where building on another company's fine grained experience in social responsibility and stewardship is permitted and respected.

Social Venture Network (SVN) is now accepting applications for the 2009 Innovation Awards.  Applications are due by June 15, 2009.