Foundation Director of Solutions Finance, Erica Barbosa Vargas, recently sat down with Lynn Fergusson of the Impact Conversations podcast to discuss Canada’s growing impact investing sector. She also shares what the Foundation is doing to address the bottleneck they see in financial intermediaries, so that more funds can be directed into impact investing, to ultimately impact the global SDGs (UN Sustainable Development Goals) through the work of nonprofits, social enterprises, and other social impact organizations.
Resources from the podcast:
Solutions Finance Accelerator: https://mcconnellfoundation.ca/granting/solutions-finance-accelerator/
Aboriginal Savings Corporation of Canada (ABSCAN): https://lasedac.ca/
MaRS Centre for Impact Investing: https://impactinvesting.marsdd.com/
Philanthropic Foundations Canada: www.pfc.ca
Community Foundations Canada: https://www.communityfoundations.ca/
UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs
New Market Funds – Eight Tracks: Impact Investing in Canadian Communities: https://newmarketfunds.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Eight-Tracks.pdf
Rally Assets: https://rallyassets.com/
La Caisse d’économie solidaire: https://caissesolidaire.coop/
Find out more about our work at Social Impact Advisors: www.socialimpactadvisors.ca