Renewal2

Joel Solomon and Carol Newell featured in Vancouver Sun

Posted by Carla Culos on August 9, 2010

Renewal2 co-founders, Carol Newell and Joel Solomon featured in this weekend’s Vancouver Sun articles. The articles, written by Vancouver Sun journalist Lori Culbert, remark on the life’s work of both Carol and Joel in strategically activating wealth towards social and environmental causes.

For “How big money drives social change: Green philanthropists are striving to turn Metro Vancouver into a sustainable nirvana”, please click here.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Better Know Renewal2

Posted by Carla Culos on August 16, 2010

B Lab recently featured Renewal2’s work in their B Corp blog. The post highlighted Renewal2’s innovative approach to investment for environmental and social good and how each person should examine how they invest their money as a means for increasing their impact.

To read the full post, please click here.

To learn more about B Corp, please click here.

Renewal2 Announces Seventh Portfolio Company: SPUD

Posted by Carla Culos on August 9, 2010

We are very happy to announce our latest Renewal2 investment in a locally based company: Small Potatoes Urban Delivery (SPUD).

RSF Launches Food & Agriculture PRI Fund

Posted by Carla Culos on August 4, 2010

RSF Social Finance is proud to announce the official launch of our Food & Agriculture Program-Related Investing (PRI) Fund. RSF’s PRI Fund aims to increase the flow of funding to social enterprises in local and sustainable food and agriculture by unlocking a new source of patient capital for this important sector.

Renewal2 Closes at $35 million

Posted by Nicole Bradbury on June 21, 2010

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.

J.W. McConnell Family Foundation becomes a Renewal2 Investor

Posted by Nicole Bradbury on May 21, 2010

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.

Renewal2 featured in the Globe & Mail on "Investing for Change"

Posted by Carla Culos on May 21, 2010

Renewal2 and one of its portfolio companies Alter Eco Americas were featured in the April 21st article "Investing for Change: A new capitalism, coloured green." Written by renowned business journalist, David Ebner, the article features Renewal Partners high impact investment work and the extension of this work with the launch of the Renewal2 investment fund, a fund that focuses on the green building, green consumer products and organic and natural foods