Stephen Fontaine
Head of Impact Law
Elderfield Law Group
Stephen Fontaine leads impact-focused work at Elderfield Law Group, specializing in water & sanitation investment and gender-lens analysis. Based in Canada, they bring over a decade of experience bridging capital and social outcomes.
Geography
Actor Type
Legal SpecialistYears in Impact Space
2Preferred Contact
EmailDevelopment Stage
ScalingYear Founded
2019Artifacts & Resources
- Governance Framework
Expertise Areas
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Intervention Points
Impact Measurement
Measurement & Understanding — Measuring and managing impact performance across portfolios and investments using robust frameworks.
Impact Linked Compensation
Compensation Reform — Linking compensation structures to measurable impact outcomes across investment chains.
Political Reform
Governance & Policy — Advocating for political and legislative reforms that enable and incentivize impact-aligned capital flows.
Fiduciary Reform & Value Reframing
Governance & Policy — Reforming fiduciary duties and reframing value definitions to include social and environmental outcomes.
Full-Cost Accounting, Reporting & Regulation
Measurement & Understanding — Implementing full-cost accounting, integrated reporting, and regulation that captures externalities.
Community Care & Support
Community & Enterprise — Building community-owned assets, local economic power, and care infrastructure.
Alternative Ownership Models
Community & Enterprise — Advancing steward ownership, cooperatives, and other models that prioritize purpose over extraction.
Network
Theory of Change
Our theory centers on catalytic capital as the missing ingredient — small, risk-tolerant investments can unlock orders of magnitude more conventional capital by proving new models work.
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