Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Renewal Funds has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

Renewal Funds Sustainability Profile

Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Renewal Funds has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

What do our labels mean?

Renewal Funds is a Vancouver-based sustainability focused impact venture capital fund. It invests in early-growth stage businesses in Canada and the US, with a focus on climate solutions, food systems, mobility, zero waste, and natural resources. The firm describes its work as dedicated to a better, more resilient future and says it invests in innovation that will advance the sustainability of food, water, and climate. It also states that it has played a catalytic role in the impact investing ecosystem through impact measurement and reporting tools and participation in ESG and climate disclosure initiatives.

About Renewal Funds

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Country
Canada

Renewal Funds Sustainability Actions

Pioneered GIIRS

Renewal helped pioneer the Global Impact Investment Ratings System (GIIRS) in 2012, and our team currently participates in the ESG Data Convergence Initiative, the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the Impact Capital Managers Network.

Raised Renewal4 fund

In 2019, the team successfully raised Renewal4, a $145 million fund and subsequently added Linda Chen (CFO) and Daniel Vo (Associate).

Made impact investments

Renewal Funds makes minority preferred equity investments in high growth, capital efficient businesses. It has made investments across sustainability themes including energy transition, mobility, food systems, zero waste, and natural resources.

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Supported impact ecosystem

Renewal Funds has been consistently recognized for its achievements in the industry, including: ImpactAssets50 recognition in 2013, 2015 and 2022, B Corp Best for the World for eight consecutive years, GIIRS Best for the World Funds, and being named to Croatan Institutes’ Divest-Invest Clean Fifteen in 2016.