The art you share with your community, documented.

Title manages the data behind art and collectible collections, so their owners can manage their financial affairs. For collectors who share their art with their community, we turn that record into a digital showroom of their engagement, a Social Impact Report they can use for their own ESG metrics, and a one-page summary to share publicly.

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The Finance Montréal digital showroom: works from the collection, each with its own page.

Three parts, one record.

  • The opening page of the Finance Montréal showroom.

    A digital showroom

    A bilingual (French and English) page for each work, public or private, reached from a QR code beside the work. Visit counts per page, including visits through tracked links.

  • The cover of the Social Impact Report prepared for Finance Montréal.

    A Social Impact Report

    The collection's data in full, strengths and gaps alike, every figure with its base and source. No score, rating or points.

  • The one-page summary of the Finance Montréal collection.

    A one-page summary

    A page the collector can share publicly, showing only the figures it has approved in writing.

What the record holds.

Per work

  • The artist, as documented in published sources, and where the artist is based.
  • Where the work is located, and since when, with a photograph in place.
  • How it was acquired, from whom and at what cost.
  • Who can see it, including visits to its showroom page.

What the record can supply, standard by standard.

We never say a collection “aligns with”, “maps to” or “complies with” a standard. For each standard, this is the exact item, what the record can supply, the condition, and who decides.

Standard and itemWhat the record can supplyConditionWho decides
GRI 201-1, community investmentsThe direct costs of the organization's art programs with external beneficiaries, compiled from its program records, as an input. GRI 201 guidance does not list the purchase of artwork among its examples.Reports 201-1 and runs such a programThe organization and its accountants
GRI 204-1, local suppliersArt spend in a period by supplier location, compiled from its purchase records, as an input to its own percentageReports 204-1, and its procurement budget includes art purchasesThe organization and its accountants
WELL v2, M02.2Evidence for the “Integration of art.” element and, where the record documents it, “Celebration of culture” and “Celebration of place”The project is enrolled to pursue WELL Certification or WELL Core CertificationGBCI's verification
BOMA BEST 4.1, question A3.3A description and photographs, as part of the documentation A3.3 asks forOwns or manages the building; a tenant's works in the building's common areas, for its landlord to citeBOMA BEST verification
Fitwel®, Appealing and Accessible StairAnnotated photographs of works in the stairs; art is one of six features and two are neededCertifies its own space under the Commercial Interior scorecard, with a connecting stairFitwel's review

What we never claim

  • Points, credits, scores or ratings for a collection.
  • That collection statistics are GRI disclosures. Artist gender is a collection statistic; GRI 405 covers the organization's governance bodies and employees.
  • Anything under the UN Sustainable Development Goals, GRESB, GRI 203 or GRI 413.

How it works.

  1. 01

    Intake

    Scope, the question the organization wants answered, access.

  2. 02

    Record

    Each work catalogued; artists researched from published sources, reviewed by our curator.

  3. 03

    Report

    The report and the draft one-page summary, checked figure by figure.

  4. 04

    Share

    The showroom, and the summary once approved; then yearly updates.

Who it is for.

Organizations that own a collection of 15 works or more and either report on ESG or show community or cultural engagement they want to share (art shown to clients and visitors, events, cultural sponsorships, a foundation or community program).

Owning or leasing their premises makes no difference; a building certification only adds certification evidence.

The first mandate.

Our first mandate is a living-lab agreement with Finance Montréal.

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Team.

  • Portrait of George Fortin, MBA

    George Fortin, MBA

    Managing Director & Founder

    Over two decades in institutional finance. As an Investment Manager in real estate private equity at PSP Investments, managed multi-billion-dollar assets and led large-scale ESG initiatives. Lloyd's Lab alumnus; MBA, Rotman.

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  • Portrait of Alex Kwok, MFA

    Alex Kwok, MFA

    Director of Collection Management & Operations

    Former Associate Curator, Registry and Collection Management at TD Bank, where he managed one of Canada's largest corporate art collections (6,000+ works). Over a decade in art collections and operations; MFA, Parsons.

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Talk to us.

Send a request and we come back to you. Or on his calendar.