Renewal2 Investment Fund

Renewal2 is pleased to announce that our home, the Flack Block, located in Vancouver's historic core in Gastown, has been awarded LEED Gold certification from Canada Green Building Council.

More information in Martha Burton, Partner, Renewal Partners's original post on December 16, 2011 from the Renewal Partners website is below:

Last month, portfolio company Rustic Crust was featured in the Boston Globe's "Food & Dining" section.  The article promoted their pizza crusts' all-natural, organic and shelf-stable attributes and their delicious wood-fired taste.

For the full article, click here.

This holiday season, portfolio company Better Energy Systems is offering a special promotion to give the gift of solar charging to an entrepreneur in rural Kenya with the purchase of a Solio BOLT.

Earlier this week, Renewal2 advisor Tamara Vrooman, CEO of Vancity Credit Union, announced the launch of the Resilient Capital program; a unique, high-impact investment program that will help build resilient communities by making up to $15 million of patient capital available for qualifying social enterprises.

Early last month Renewal2 announced the completion of the acquisition of Sensibility Soaps, the leading private label/contract manufacturer of certified natural and organic personal care products.  The new company, renamed “Sensible Organics”, will continue to be headquartered in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania with the mission of becoming the leading private label manufacturer of environmentally friendly and chemical free personal care products.

Janice Cheam, CEO of Energy Aware Technologies, an early investment of Renewal Partners, made front cover of BCBusiness Magazine's August 2011 edition.

By Kristen Hemminger:

Exciting news in the Social Finance world over the announced merger between SJF Institute and Investors’ Circle.

Good news for our organic and natural food sector, last month Natural Foods Merchandiser magazine's 2010 Market Overview reported healthy growth for the natural and organic products industry. With more than $81 billion in total revenue last year, the industry grew 7% over 2009, showing that consumers are spending again and that the natural products industry is healthy and growing.

Renewal2 portfolio company, Alter Eco Americas, was features in New York Times article "Some Ways to Get Started as a Social Entrepreneur" by Susan Moran.  In the article, Ms. Moran offers pointers to social entrepreneurs and investors looking to launch social ventures.

Renewal2 is a social investment fund dedicated to delivering financial returns by investing in leading environmental and social mission businesses in Canada and the U.S.  The company is seeking an Administrative Associate to join our Vancouver, B.C. team.

Responsibilities will include:
- Office Management: answering telephones, greeting guests, managing ingoing / outgoing mail and postage machine, ordering couriers and FedEx, ordering office supplies, troubleshooting office technology and other duties as necessary.