The Principles for Responsible Banking are one year old. Launched in September 2019 at the UN General Assembly in New York, the Principles are a unique framework for ensuring that signatory banks’ strategy and practice align with the vision society has set out for its future in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. What makes the …
Case Study: Redbox Group
REDBOX Group has been offering interiors, office supplies and print solutions to its customers for over 30 years. The 35-person, London-based company’s values of ‘listen, care and deliver’ are at the heart of its approach to business. In a bottom line-driven market, REDBOX has always cared about social purpose and enhancing and measuring their social impact. Following a new product …
Case Study: Covenant House Vancouver
Covenant House Vancouver uplifts youth in Canada who are facing homelessness by providing both intangible supports of unconditional love and absolute respect, and tangible supports of programs and resources that foster learning, self-improvement and all-round development. In recent years, the social services sector has weathered an unprecedented housing crisis, a rapidly worsening opioid crisis, and demands on resources from an …
Case Study: Options Community Services
Through more than 50 years, Options Community Services has earned wide respect as a leading provider of support services and housing for vulnerable populations across the city of Surrey, British Columbia, and its surrounding communities. Options touches over 100,000 lives every year with a program portfolio that includes some 80 community services and a newer department of housing development that is …
INTERSPORT: Pursuit of Sustainability Across 57 Countries
INTERSPORT is an international sporting goods retailer with a presence in 57 countries worldwide. Recognizing the need for a sustainability strategy that encompassed the whole INTERSPORT family, it engaged Junxion to lead the process. Together we produced a comprehensive strategy focused around three pillars of activity and an action plan to deliver it. Formed out of an alliance of national …
Case Study: UN Principles for Responsible Banking
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is a strategic public-private partnership between UNEP and the global financial sector, with a mission to support sustainable finance. Junxion was engaged to develop the global communications strategy for their newly launched Principles for Responsible Banking. The UNEP FI brings together more than 230 financial institutions including banks, insurers and investors. …
Case Study: Social Venture Circle
After over three decades of independent operations, in 2018 the influential Social Venture Network (SVN) and Investors’ Circle (IC) merged, committing to set a new norm of inclusiveness and collaboration among investors, entrepreneurs, donors, policy makers and thought leaders. When SVN and IC were founded, the fields of social purpose business and impact investing were just emerging. Today, over three …
Case Study: Delphi & GLOBE Series
The Delphi Group has long been recognized as a national leader and trusted advisor to corporations on issues of sustainability. They invited Junxion to help them and sister company GLOBE Series make a bigger, bolder impact in Canada and beyond. In 2016, Delphi acquired the rights to produce the biennial GLOBE Series conference—one of the world’s most important convenings of …
Empowering BC Cancer Foundation to accelerate transformational advances in cancer care through philanthropy
The BC Cancer Foundation raises funds to ensure leading edge cancer research and patient care in British Columbia. They engaged Junxion to guide them through the process of defining a new strategic plan to grow fundraising capacity and improve outcomes for patients in BC and around the world. Already one of the most recognized fundraising organizations in the province, the …