NEWSLETTER JUNE 2020

? The Citizenfund is more than just an investment fund

Two of our funded social enterprises become partners: urbike delivered the latest issue of Wilfried magazine to bookshops in Brussels!

“Reducing our impact on the environment, collaborating with small businesses and relieving congestion in the city are among our concerns.”
Wilfried Mag

Saddle up, Wilfried! ?

? We are more than 150 to believe in another finance!

During this month of June, we passed the symbolic bar of 150 cooperators-investors! To date, 155 of us have invested a total of 146,500 € to make finance a driving force of the Transition.

We have invested in 10 Belgian social enterprises… and we have a few surprises in store for September.

Stay tuned !

? Expert in food and/or local production?

We are still looking for experts for our next selection committee (beginning of July).

If you know something about sustainable food and/or local production, you might be the gem we are looking for!

? In brief

?️ Save the Date: the Citizenfund’s General Assembly will take place on 21 September 2020 at 6pm.

? Have you already read our activity report for 2019? Find it here !

? urbike celebrated the modification of the Road Code to adapt it to the size of its trailers in the presence of the Federal Minister for Mobility François Bellot and its historical customers (bpost, CSD, Decathlon, Delhaize, Multipharma).

️?️ After 3 months of closure, CinéCité’s Kinograph reopens its doors on 1 July with the screening of Alejandro Landes’ MONOS. Find all their programming here.

? The latest edition of Wilfried is available in all good bookshops and online.

? We signed (with both hands) Solifin’s carte blanche for a paradigm shift in finance.

? Our cooperator and member of the Selection Committee, Émilie de Morteuil, is releasing a new guide to sustainable consumption. More information here.

⏰ “We don’t have time to not believe in it anymore, let’s wake up!”

Did you see the wonderful call from Pensée Sauvage to wake us up? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mw5ADaHyFo

The use of your money has an impact! By investing in responsible investment funds, you can have up to 27x more impact on your carbon footprint than other actions.

Don’t wait any longer, you can already invest as little as €250 in the Citizenfund on www.citizenfund.coop

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