Vancity
Vancity, one of Canada’s largest credit unions, operates with a values-based banking model focused on community well-being. With assets totaling $17.1 billion and over 492,000 members, Vancity has 57 branches across Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Victoria, and Squamish. As a financial co-operative, its primary mission is to benefit members and their communities by providing quality financial services and advice. Vancity invests members' deposits into local businesses and organizations, fostering economic, social, and environmental impact, which leads to job creation, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and enhanced home ownership. The institution is committed to sharing a portion of its net profits with members and the community, reinforcing its dedication to sustainable practices. Additionally, Vancity Capital Corporation, affiliated with the credit union, specializes in private equity and venture capital investments, focusing on mature and middle-market companies in sectors such as manufacturing, technology, and the green economy, while avoiding investments in natural resource extraction and real estate.
New/Mode Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a values-based platform designed to enhance grassroots engagement for campaigns. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Columbia, District of Columbia, with additional offices in various regions including the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom, New/Mode offers a range of targeted tools such as one-click calling, emailing, and faxing, as well as features for writing letters to the editor and managing social media outreach. The platform aims to empower progressive organizations by activating grassroots support and facilitating communication with decision-makers, ultimately helping campaigns achieve their objectives. By leveraging technology, New/Mode seeks to expand the reach and effectiveness of community-driven advocacy efforts.
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Careteam is a personal care platform for patients and their family caregivers can use to care for their acutely ill, recovering or aging loved ones at home. Careteam provides a care coordination platform based on a care plan that enables healthcare providers, the patient and family caregivers a single mobile and web location to see all the information required to care for a person and to message the other care team members securely based on access permissions for their role. Careteam provides a virtual binder of key health information that patients can access as they transition from one heath care setting to another. Our customers are health care organizations who are responsible for the cost of caring for patient recovering at home following discharge from hospital, in the transition to community care or those aging at home.
Meatme connects consumers to local farms for sustainable and ethically raised meats.
Clevest Solutions provides software for mobile workforce management and smart grid deployment and post-deployment operations exclusively for electric, gas and water utilities. They are specialists at enabling utilities to transform their field operations by rapidly automating and optimizing virtually any field work activity or process to improve response time and effectiveness.
Green Chair specializes in providing sustainable waste management services for events, residences and businesses throughout Metro Vancouver. We spend time with each client to provide tailored workable solutions that contribute to the circular economy.