Keynote presentation from the Sustainable Business Conference at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa on the trajectory and opportunity of social finance, including personal motivations, the economic, social and environmental necessity of social finance, a background on the concept with real life examples, and a vision for the future.
18. An agenda driven by: Consumers Thought Leaders Political Leaders Corporations and Foundations Ventures
19. Professor Michael Porter Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School
20. “ In recent years business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader community...The solution lies in the principle of shared value, which involves creating economic value in a way that also creates value for society by addressing its needs and challenges…The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.
21. The concept of shared value recognizes that societal needs, not just conventional economic needs, define markets. It also recognizes that social harms or weaknesses frequently create internal costs for firms—such as wasted energy or raw materials, costly accidents, and the need for remedial training to compensate for inadequacies in education. And addressing societal harms and constraints does not necessarily raise costs for firms, because they can innovate through using new technologies, operating methods, and management approaches—and as a result, increase their productivity and expand their markets. ”
26. socialfinance [soh-shuhlfi-nans, fahy-nans], n.; synonym: impact investing Social finance is an approach to solve social or environmental challenges while generating financial return.This includes investments that range from producing a return of principal capital to offering market-rate or even market-beating financial returns. Social finance encourages positive social or environmental solutions at a scale that neither purely philanthropic supports nor traditional investment can reach.
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45. Our goal is real incremental and transformative change.A transition to a socially and environmentally just economy.
46. 3rd Annual Sustainable Business Conference University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management Thank You
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- people, planet and profits
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