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  1. Oikocredit’s Impact Report 2021: Resilience and Togetherness

    September 17, 2021 - by Oikocredit Canada - 0 comments

    Register Today!

    Date: Friday, September 24, 2021
    Time: 9-10 am Pacific time (US and Canada) 

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  2. As impact investing goes mainstream, how do investors lookout for impact washing?

    August 13, 2021 - by Carla Pellegrini, Julie Scott - 0 comments

    At this year’s RIA Conference the S (social) in ESG factors to consider when investing, got as much airtime as the E (environmental) and G (governance). Conference speakers and participants agreed that investors increasingly expect the companies in their portfolios to grow, not just for the sake of growing, but in order to have a positive impact on communities - both people and the planet. But with the barrage of research and data on the impact of investments, how can investors be sure their investments deliver real world outcomes not impact washing?

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  3. Let us celebrate International Coops Day

    June 30, 2021 - by Oikocredit Canada - 0 comments

    Read the stories from our partners on the occassion of International Cooperatives Day under the theme Rebuild Better Together. 

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  4. Rebuild Better

    June 29, 2021 - by Hans Van Nie - 0 comments

    The COVID-19 crisis has halted activities and slowed down the work of many organizations, including the work of Oikocredit.  

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  5. Do you hold the conviction that we can build a better world, a more cooperative world?

    June 29, 2021 - by SOCODEVI - 0 comments

    At SOCODEVI, this has been our guiding mantra for three decades — and has inspired our endeavors that have had an impact on more than 500,000 people in the last year alone. We contribute to improving the living conditions of communities by helping to create and strengthen sustainable and inclusive cooperative and mutual enterprises.

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