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October 2, 2020

Investing in the honest truth

Excavators and drillers work in an open pit at a copper and cobalt mine in Likasi, Congo. There’s a push on to have stock market regulators demand the truth from mining companies overseas.

Because the truth matters to investors, stock market regulators ought to demand the truth from mining companies with controversial operations in the poorer countries of the world.

Published in Canada
March 6, 2017

California Catholic high school makes millions from Snapchat investment

St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California turned a $15,000 USD investment in Snap Inc., which went public March 2, into a windfall of at least $24 million USD.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A California Catholic high school did away with future car washes and pizza kit sales March 2 when the $15,000 USD ($20,000) investment it made with Snap Inc., the company that developed the messaging app Snapchat, sold shares to the public and the school stepped into a windfall of at least $24 million USD ($32 million).

Published in International
February 28, 2015

Adding faith to climate conversation

Faith & the Common Good’s Mary Zhou (left) and Lucy Cummings (right) are promoting green faith action in York region, Ontario, in partnership with Greening Sacred Spaces. Both organizations are part of the working interfaith network that is Fossil Free Faith.

Fossil Free Faith has launched a new program recruiting youth to lead the conversation in their faith communities about divesting in fossil fuel companies.

Published in Faith
February 21, 2015

Young investors aim to make money responsibly

Dustyn Lanz, director of research at the Responsible Investment Association of Canada.

Dustyn Lanz’s investment goals are to “make money; make a difference.”

Published in Canada