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Carmelina Macarino's shares her views on impact investing; it is an act of investing your money into projects that will have a positive social or environmental impact and getting a return for it. The Centre for Impact Investing held the Social Finance Forum at the MaRS Centre last month.

KPMG 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).

MaRS Discovery District announced  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. As stated by Toronto Star reporter, John Terauds, "impact investing weighs the social goals and benefits of an investment alongside financial returns, usually over a long term."

MaRS Discovery District announced  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.

MaRS Discovery District announced  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.

MaRS Discovery District announced   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.

Melissa Shin, Advisor.ca reporter states "Toronto is now home to the world's first non-U.S.-based hub for B Corporations, or companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.   The hub will be hosted at the MaRS Discovery District as part of the Centre for Impact Investing, which officially launched December 13."

MaRS Discovery District announced  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.

According to May Jeong, reporter of Advisor.ca, "impact investment-is being recognized as the newest asset class on the financial block." The Centre for Impact Investing is designed to be the hub for all thing in social finance.

Bullfrog Power received certification as one of Canada's Founding B Corporations by B Lab, a nonprofit organization working to build a community of socially and environmentally conscious businesses. The Centre for Impact Investing has a partnership with B Lab, acting as the Canadian Certified B Corp Hub.

RBC announced a $20 million commitment to a new social and environmental initiative aimed at facilitating solutions to social and environmental problems. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS and chair of the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance. "This announcement is an important watershed moment for impact finance in Canada. RBC's commitment is both innovative and forward-thinking."

"RBC announced a $20 million commitment to a new social and environmental initiative aimed at facilitating solutions to social and environmental problems. "Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS and chair of the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance. "This announcement is an important watershed moment for impact finance in Canada. RBC's commitment is both innovative and forward-thinking."