SDGs – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:24:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 SDG washing in corporate reports could deceive would-be investors: article https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/sdg-washing-widespread-in-public-private-sectors-article/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:00:15 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=123328 References to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals in corporate reports may be used to deceive the general public and would-be impact investors, according a scholarly review published in Nature. “This impact [of the SDGs] has been largely discursive, affecting the way actors understand and communicate about sustainable development,” wrote the authors, a group of […]

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]]> UN PRI encouraging signatories to focus on real-world outcomes https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/un-pri-encouraging-signatories-to-focus-on-real-world-outcomes/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/un-pri-encouraging-signatories-to-focus-on-real-world-outcomes/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 04:10:53 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/un-pri-encouraging-signatories-to-focus-on-real-world-outcomes/ The Principles for Responsible Investment has released a framework for investors to help focus on aligning their activities with the UN’s sustainable development goals. “Issues such as human rights abuses, climate change and inequitable social structures seriously threaten the longterm performance of economies, investors’ portfolios and the world in which beneficiaries live,” the report said. […]

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