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Responsible Investment Association appoints new CEO

Jennifer Paterson — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:00:57 +0000

The Responsible Investment Association is appointing Patricia Fletcher as its incoming chief executive officer, effective Feb. 7, 2022. Prior to the new role, Fletcher was vice-president of education at the Institute of Corporate Directors. She spent nearly nine years as managing director at the Canadian Institute, three years as director of the Hay Group’s information […]

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Canadian pension plans sign new investor statement on diversity and inclusion

mschmit — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 04:32:33 +0000

Canadian institutional investors representing more than $2.3 trillion in assets under management have signed a new statement on diversity and inclusion. The list of signatories on the joint statement, which was coordinated by the Responsible Investment Association, includes the Alberta Investment Management Corp., Bâtirente, the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the Caisse de dépôt et […]

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How are institutional investors weighing the risks, opportunities of the energy transition?

mschmit — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 03:21:57 +0000

If climate change represents one of the largest systemic risks the global economy has ever faced, dealing with its ramifications is going to move a lot of money. The world’s youth have taken to the streets calling on their governments for massive, co-ordinated policy change, but it hasn’t yet manifested. Any piecemeal regulatory shifts suffer […]

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