A holistic approach to integrating ESG across the portfolio.
Will Canada follow Europe’s lead on reporting?
Smart meters will update and modernize energy system.
More than a quarter of adults in the Netherlands smoked in 2012, according to the World Bank. And the country’s pension funds are even more tobacco-friendly. More than two-thirds (80 per cent) of major Dutch pension funds have investments in the tobacco industry, according to a report by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development, […]
Canada is lagging behind other jurisdictions in establishing a regulatory framework for due diligence around human rights in global supply chains, according to a new report by the Shareholder Association for Research and Education. The report says this lack of regulatory framework creates a challenge for institutional investors using a benchmark to compare Canadian equity […]
Institutional investors want ‘climate competency’ in Canada’s boardrooms: report
Ontario plans tout ESG progress at responsible investment conference
University hangs on to fossil fuel holdings
Most plan administrators know by now that, effective Jan. 1, 2016, the statement of investment policies and procedures will once again become a filed document with the Ontario pension regulator.
In early June, G7 leaders committed their countries to reducing carbon emissions by 2050 and eliminating them by 2100. Even before the G7 announcement in Germany, there had been concerns expressed over how carbon reductions might impact investors in energy and energy-related companies. If governments legislate reductions in global carbon emissions, the fear is that oil, gas and coal consumption would decline, resulting in capitalized fossil fuel reserves that will never be extracted. These potential surpluses are referred to as stranded carbon assets.