By Jory Cohen, Director of Finance and Impact Investment, Inspirit Foundation For more than three years, Inspirit has been openly sharing how our investments and our impact-centric approach have navigated the pandemic, and now it’s time to provide some conclusionary comments. With the World Health Organization declaring, “COVID-19 over as a global health emergency” back … Continued
As Inspirit’s seven-year impact investing journey has formally come to an end, we have been asking ourselves what’s next? How can we push ourselves further? We believe we have one answer.
By Jory Cohen, Director of Finance and Impact Investment, Inspirit Foundation It’s been nearly three years since the beginning of the pandemic. While life seems to have settled back into a more comfortable rhythm for many, the financial markets continue to be volatile. Following record-setting positive performance for our portfolio in 2020 — from both … Continued
Inspirit was featured in The Philanthropist Journal’s recent story on responsible investing. Jory Cohen, Director of Finance and Impact Investment, discusses our 100% impact portfolio. Read The Philanthropist Journal’s feature here. [mk_image src=”http://inspiritfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/screen-shot-2022-10-21-at-10.21.30-am.png” image_size=”full” align=”center”][mk_divider][vc_column_text] An excerpt from the article: Inspirit Foundation, only eight years old, now has 100% of its $40 million in impact … Continued
By Jory Cohen, Director of Finance and Impact Investment, Inspirit Foundation Over the past couple of years, we’ve experienced the ebbs and flows of pandemic waves. The same is true for the financial markets. While last year produced peak performance, we’re now facing a steep valley in 2022. Inspirit Foundation’s portfolio is not immune to … Continued
By Jory Cohen, Director of Finance and Impact Investment The past two years have been a reminder of devastation, turmoil, and fear across the globe. This past year was also tumultuous for Inspirit’s portfolio. In 2021, energy (primarily fossil fuels) and financials were the biggest sector performers in Canada. Given Inspirit’s focus on companies that … Continued
Read the in-depth feature on our journey to a 100% impact portfolio. Board Chair Mitchell Anderson and Jory Cohen, Director of Finance and Impact Investment, share the strategy and the practical steps in this Future of Good story by Gabe Oatley. Read about our impact portfolio makeover here. An excerpt from the article: In 2014 and 2015, the foundation made its first impact investments in several … Continued
By Jory Cohen, Director of Finance and Impact Investment Despite the pandemic, by the end of 2020, Inspirit had transitioned 98% of our portfolio to increase positive social and environmental impact. The lone asset class that had yet to be transitioned to increase impact? That is our cash, approximately 2% of Inspirit’s assets and the … Continued
