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The Role of Youth in Scaling Social Value Investing: The Case of Canada’s National Social Value Fund

In: Innovations in Social Finance

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  • Bruno Lam

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Steve Petterson

    (National Social Value Fund)

  • James Tansey

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Mariana Martinez Rubio

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Maxime Lakat

    (Montreal Social Value Fund)

Abstract

Social Value Investing is emerging as a viable subset of the growing impact investing sector. This paper begins by situating Social Value Investing in the history and context of other investment approaches, namely venture capital and philanthropy. We then define social value investment as having the following key components: organizational agnosticism, impact-adjusted returns, stewardship, and a systemic community approach. Our paper posits that youth have a significant effect on community development and that positioning youth to be both involved and in a leadership position (for social value investment projects in their communities) may lead to strong social, environmental, and financial results. We provide examples of youth-led community initiatives and focus our argument on a case study of the National Social Value Fund, an initiative growing in Canada’s communities since 2017.

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  • Bruno Lam & Steve Petterson & James Tansey & Mariana Martinez Rubio & Maxime Lakat, 2021. "The Role of Youth in Scaling Social Value Investing: The Case of Canada’s National Social Value Fund," Springer Books, in: Thomas Walker & Jane McGaughey & Sherif Goubran & Nadra Wagdy (ed.), Innovations in Social Finance, edition 1, pages 97-119, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-72535-8_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72535-8_5
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