Participate in the Niska Community Investment Registry
Join a growing group of companies committed to publicly sharing credible information on their community investment and social impact across Canada’s communities.
Why Companies Participate
Companies participate in the Niska Community Investment Registry to strengthen how their community investment is understood, managed, and recognized.
Participation in the Registry reflects a growing commitment among companies to bring greater clarity, consistency, and accountability to community investment and social impact.
Other Important Reasons Companies Participate
Support transparent reporting
Contribute to shaping a more consistent and evidence-based understanding of corporate community investment in Canada.
Build credible visibility
Showcase your company’s contributions as part of a national, independent platform.
Strengthen trust and social license
Demonstrate a clear and credible commitment to the communities you serve, reinforcing trust with customers, employees, partners, and the public.
Strengthen internal strategy
Gain structured insight to support decision-making, planning, and alignment across teams.
Understand your position
Access benchmarking perspectives to see how your efforts compare within your industry and beyond.
Demonstrate leadership
Position your organization among companies advancing meaningful and measurable community impact.
How Participation Works
Companies may be invited by Niska or may choose to initiate participation directly.
1. Submit an Expression of Interest
Complete a short form to indicate interest.
2. Initial Engagement
The Niska team connects to confirm fit and provide a simple overview.
3. Data Submission
Share a small set of core data using a streamlined template, based on existing information.
4. Review & Inclusion
Data is reviewed with your team prior to inclusion in the Registry.
What to Expect
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Participation is designed to be simple and low-burden:
- Uses existing data or reasonable estimates
- Focuses on aggregated totals (no program-level detail required)
- Initial submission typically takes 10–20 minutes
- Companies review and confirm their data before publication
Ways to Engage
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Companies can engage at different levels depending on their interest:
- Registry Participation – contribute and be represented
- Benchmarking Access – gain comparative insights
- Impact Leadership – demonstrate and be recognized for leadership
Who Can participate
- The Registry is open to companies operating in Canada that:
- Make or are developing community investment contributions
- Are interested in contributing to a national understanding of impact
- Have or are building internal visibility on their activities
