FINANCING CONSERVATION IN THE CAROLINIAN ZONE, PART 3: THREE KEY INSIGHTS FROM ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY

VERGE Capital is part of a cross-sector collaboration that brought the first phase of this Conservation Impact Bond to life, and continues to support the development of the second phase. This post was originally published by SVX on their Medium blog.

The Carolinian Canada Conservation Impact Bond (CIB) is an ambitious social finance initiative harnessing a combination of impact investment alongside business and government contributions to accelerate positive landscape renewals and improvements in the Carolinian Zone of Southern Ontario. The multi-phase initiative seeks to improve a combined 1,000 acres of habitat in this ecologically significant region of Ontario, protecting the region’s fragile biodiversity and freshwater reserves.

In this blog series, we are highlighting the Carolinian CIB, the development of its phase two bond, and results from two of our community consultation sessions through May and July. In part three of three, we are delighted to share insights and learnings we’ve derived from two of our public community consultation sessions over the past several weeks.