Not every clean energy project fits the mold that traditional lenders are looking for. Large-scale wind and solar have well-worn financing pathways, but the electrification projects, community infrastructure deals, and smaller-scale decarbonization initiatives that make up a significant share of Canada’s real transition work often don’t. That’s precisely the gap that Vancity Community Investment Bank was built to fill.
Eric Visser will offer a candid look at what impact-first lending actually looks like in practice, from underwriting projects that bigger institutions won’t touch, to managing a cost of capital that demands intentionality at every stage of deployment.
