The OPSEU Pension Trust is setting out a climate change action plan, including eight areas of focus that aim to make the pension fund more resilient and agile in taking on the problem. “Climate change is one of the most significant challenges facing us today,” said Hugh O’Reilly, president and chief executive officer of OPTrust, in a […]
In the wake of the tragic shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., earlier this year that left 17 dead and sparked a renewed and vigorous debate about gun control, certain members of the investment world took swift action. BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest institutional investor with US$6.3 trillion under management as of the […]
Whether the aim is to reduce material risk, align pension investments with the organization’s overall philosophies or address a moral imperative, no pension fund wants to go through the trouble of diving in only to find its assets aren’t as green as it thought. With no standardized metric in existence, the word “green” could have […]
Plan aims to prepare OPTrust for the transition to a carbon-neutral economy
Since the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is the fourth largest pension fund manager in Canada, it’s important to consider whether it’s investing its resources in a way that aligns with the country’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. BCI isn’t investing with the goals […]
Some 84 per cent of global institutional investors said they’re pursuing or considering pursuing the integration of environmental, social and governance factors into their investment processes, according to a survey by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing and Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. The survey, which polled 118 global public and corporate pension plans, endowments, foundations, sovereign […]
While 68 per cent of global institutional investors said they consider responsible investing to be important to their organization to some degree, 40 per cent said they’ve already developed a policy for making investment decisions and another 14 per cent said they’re in the process of doing so, according to a new survey by Aon. Its […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is issuing green bonds with an aim to boost its holdings in renewable energy and efficient buildings. Over the past year, the pension fund has indicated its intention to put more than $3 billion into the renewable energy sector to ensure it’s ready for the anticipated transition to a lower-carbon economy on […]
Applying environmental, social and governance filters when investing in emerging markets isn’t easy given challenges such as a lack of company transparency, varying governance structures and the availability of clear and comparable data. But that doesn’t stop Sébastien Thevoux-Chabuel, an analyst and portfolio manager at Paris-based Comgest and a speaker at the 2018 Responsible Investment Association […]
Just days before Canada hosts the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Que., a group of investors, including some of the country’s largest pension funds, has joined together with the federal government to promote three key issues, including increasing opportunities for women in finance and investment worldwide. “We need to think about how we’re going to ensure half of […]