Last week I was sitting on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Vancouver waiting for take-off.  With my carry-on bags neatly stowed under the seat in front of me and none of my reading material within reach, I decided to browse through United’s onboard magazine: Hemisphere.  

After reading a few Houston-based restaurant reviews, I was thrilled to come across this article outlining cutting edge fixes for some of the world’s most challenging environmental issues. 

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If you are a woman and CEO or a leader of an established small company or non-profit enterprises we invite you to join Woman Entrepreneurs for Social Change, May 13-14 here in Vancouver. 

GIIRS Announcement: The Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) is proud to announce the twelve North American Pioneer Funds at SOCAP 10, the largest interdisciplinary gathering of individuals and institutions at the intersection of money and meaning. 

We are thrilled to announce that on May 31 Renewal2 had its final close with over $35 million in committed capital.

Investors from Canada, the U.S. and Europe, including 16 foundations, came together to support early stage organic food and green consumer and building products companies.

Check out the Portfolio tab to see our investments and watch that space as we put more capital to work over the coming months.

To view our press release, please click here.

We are thrilled to announce that the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, one of Canada's largest private foundations, has joined us as an investor.  We are excited to see more mission based investing happening in Canada.

Vancouver has become the first major Canadian city to be certified for Fair Trade Town status.  That means it buys products such as coffee, tea, sugar and even soccer balls that have been made ethically and for which producers -- largely low-income farmers and labourers -- have been paid fairly.  We're thrilled but not surprised since our mayor, Gregor Robertson, has his roots in local organic farming and sustainable business.  Keep up the good work!

Renewal2 is thrilled to now be a certified B Corporation!

In less than two weeks Investor's Circle, an organization committed to exploring new patient capital strategies for facilitating the flow of capital to socially responsible young companies, will be hosting its spring conference in San Francisco.  Since its inception in 1992, over $133 million has been invested by Investors' Circle members into 200 companies or small venture funds.  If you have an interest in impact investing we highly suggest you check it out.  At the Venture Fair you'll have a chance to check out