Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Where: Communitech Hub, 151 Charles Street West, Suite 100, Kitchener, Ontario, Atlas/Matrix Room.
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B Corporation Breakfast – 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Joyce Sou, Manager, B Corporation and Social Impact Metrics, at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing will share her insights on the benefits of B Corporation certification and how social purpose business around the globe are redefining success. Hear from Bruce Taylor, CEO of local B Corp, Enviro Stewards, on what B Corps mean to him.
Regional SVX Launch – 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
Hear from Adam Spence, founder of Social Venture Connexion (SVX), as he shares how SVX has been designed to increase access to capital for impact ventures. Hear from ChangeIt, one of the founding ventures in SVX’s first cohort of issuers. As the first platform of its kind in North America, SVX has opened the capital markets for impact investing in Ontario and aims to support the social, environmental and economic prosperity of Ontario’s growth companies.