Sentences with phrase «for impact investing»

Trish Nixon is a Social Finance Fellow at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, helping to support the Centre's various initiatives.

Daniel Weiss and Yaniv Tepper, Co-Founders of Angeleno Group (Corporate Environmental Leadership Award) received the honor for their impact investing in the renewable energy sector.

Further evidence is provided by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing.

«The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is the right institution with which to develop this transformative new opportunity for Canada.

Toronto, November 8, 2012 — The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing today received a $ 1 million, five - year commitment from RBC to help build its capacity as a leadership hub for social finance and impact investing.

Toronto, July 5, 2012 — TMX Group Inc. today announced its commitment to contribute to the development of impact investing in Canada as a founding supporter of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing (the Centre).

The GIIN believes that for impact investing to reach its full potential greater collaboration among leading network organizations is essential.

«RBC is proud to be a founding partner of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, and we are confident that with this donation, the Centre will strengthen our collective ability to mobilize private capital toward the public good,» says Gordon M. Nixon, president and CEO, RBC, and Chair, MaRS Discovery District.

MaRS Discovery District Adam Spence Manager, Special Projects, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing Founder, SVX [phone] [email protected]

Opened in late 2011, the Centre for Impact Investing is a national hub designed to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance, which directs new capital, talent and initiatives toward tackling Canada's most pressing social and environmental problems.

«TMX Group is pleased to support corporate social innovation in partnership with the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing,» said Ronald Alepian, Vice President, Group Head of Corporate Marketing & Communications, TMX Group.

SVX is led by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, in close collaboration with TMX Group and with support from the Government of Ontario, Torys LLP, KPMG, RBC, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and a host of other partners.

«The creation of this new venture fund will make a big difference to Canada's many high - impact ventures,» said Tim Jackson, EVP Corporate and Community Development, MaRS and Lead Executive, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing.

The impact venture fund, managed by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, will invest in early - stage for - profit companies with a core social and / or environmental mission, measurable positive impact and the potential for strong financial returns.

MaRS Discovery District is pleased to announce that Tim Jackson, the Lead Executive of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, has been awarded the prestigious Governor General's Caring Canadian Award for his longstanding commitment toward improving the overall quality of life in the Region of Waterloo.

The first platform of its kind in North America, SVX is led by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing in close collaboration with TMX Group Inc., and is supported by the Government of Ontario, KPMG, Torys LLP, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, and many other partners.

California and Ontario are already regions that are well - recognized for impact investing leadership.

In April of this year, Jackson joined the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing from his role as the Vice President, University Relations at the University of Waterloo.

TORONTO, Sept. 24, 2014 — MaRS Discovery District is pleased to announce that Tim Jackson, the Lead Executive of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, has been awarded the prestigious Governor General's Caring Canadian Award for his longstanding commitment toward improving the overall quality of life in the Region of Waterloo.

MaRS Discovery District Joanna Reynolds Program Manager, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing [phone] [email protected]

Adam Spence Associate Director, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing and CEO and CoFounder, Social Venture Connexion (SVX)

The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing also announced the launch of «State of the Nation: Impact Investing in Canada,» a report produced in partnership with Purpose Capital that will equip decision makers with critical information to assess opportunities across nine impact sectors.

TMX Group Inc. today announced its commitment to contribute to the development of impact investing in Canada as a founding supporter of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing (the Centre).

MaRS» Centre for Impact Investing also announced a new partnership with BDC to provide coaching and connections for entrepreneurs in MaRS» Impact8 accelerator.

KPMG LLP (KPMG) today announced their commitment to strengthening the Canadian impact investing marketplace and driving social innovation as a founding partner of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing (CII).

About the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing works to increase the awareness and the effectiveness of social finance with the aim of driving new capital, talent, and initiatives dedicated to tackling social and environmental problems.

About MaRS Centre for Impact Investing The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is a national hub designed to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance to catalyze new capital, talent and initiatives dedicated to tackling social and environmental problems in Canada.

MaRS Discovery District announced today that substantial funding support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation will be made available for the Centre for Impact Investing, to be housed at MaRS.

«We are delighted to work with our partners to support high - potential, high - impact entrepreneurs developing enterprising solutions to our most pressing social and environmental problems,» said Adam Spence, Associate Director, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing.

«These first investments and commitments demonstrate real momentum for the impact investing marketplace inCanada, with new investors and capital mobilized to tackle our most pressing problems,» said Adam Spence, Associate Director, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing and Founder, SVX.

The fund is managed by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, Canada's leading authority on social finance.

MaRS Centre for Impact Investing has also helped Saint Elizabeth develop a framework for assessing and managing its social impact initiatives.

The big banks say clients are clamoring for impact investing, so they're scrambling to accommodate: they're lowering thresholds, reducing bureaucratic obstacles, making it easier for some of the smaller deals to get through the door.

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In addition to catapulting EverFi into the ed tech big leagues, the fundraising round marks the debut deal for lead investor Rise, a newly established social impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, a private equity firm that has also backed Internet hotshots like Uber and Airbnb.

«A lot of these areas are overlooked by conventional investors,» says Amit Bouri, director of strategy and development for the Global Impact Investing Network, an industry group.

Impact investors invest in things such as the redevelopment of distressed land and financial services for the unbanked — which have the potential to generate value.

Tapping into tax credit allocations through the New Market Tax Credits scheme, which offers investors tax credits for investing in CDFIs, generated more than $ 65 million in leveraged debt from TCE and Capital Impact and $ 60 million of tax credit equity from JP Morgan and US Bank.

In short, if you're applying for a loan, check to see which owners have the most invested in your small business: they'll have the biggest impact on your application.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

While the FCC has argued that net neutrality rules made it more difficult for broadband providers to invest in their networks and thus hurt innovation, evidence suggests that such regulation has had no negative impact on telecom investment — instead, it increased by 5 percent from 2014 to 2016, when net neutrality rules were in place.

«Broadcom has a proven track record of managing R&D for maximum impact and investing in core franchises.

Their choice, they say, is all about having the flexibility to invest in whatever initiatives they think will have the greatest impact, be they for - profit, nonprofit, or government sponsored.

While Schuler would argue that the damage of the inevitable bubble bursting will be limited to companies that have received, or want to receive, funding and to the private investors and those funds invested in them, there is always the potential for a much wider impact on employment and real estate values.

It will take years for the impacts of the TCJA to be fully understood, but startup founders who choose to invest a little time today can create a sustainable competitive advantage for themselves and perhaps even bolster their investors» portfolios in the process.

While these issues are coming to the forefront for some companies, others are trying to fight the gap: Salesforce invested $ 6 million in the last two years to adjust the gender pay gap that impacts 11 percent of the company's 25,000 employees.

D.light is «one of the best examples in the world of how impact investing and a market - based approach can fundamentally transform people's lives for the better,» says Omidyar Network's Matt Bannick.

Though the trend is still at an early stage, it is worth paying attention to for two reasons: unions may represent a new source of capital for your company, and unions want to invest in worker - friendly businesses and therefore may one day have the same kind of impact on private - equity deals that socially responsible investors have already had on the stock market.

Impact investing is suitable for investors looking to drive measurable social and environmental iImpact investing is suitable for investors looking to drive measurable social and environmental impactimpact.

Surveys show they want their money invested for impact, their enterprises to be social, their bosses to be enlightened, and their products to be labelled.

There are cases where a young social entrepreneur has come to us for what they believed were impact investing opportunities and we've created capacity - building grants.