Sun Life Financial's primary life insurance subsidiary, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, has signed on to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment.
The Concordia University Foundation has announced the creation of a sustainable investment fund.
Dalhousie University's board of governors decided on Tuesday not to divest its holdings in publicly traded companies that are large carbon producers.
Save your money, save the world? Pension funds, we are told, can be a force for social good, from promoting sustainable environmental practices, to punishing companies that cooperate with oppressive regimes, to improving the quality of corporate governance itself.
Ontario says it has successfully launched a green bond program, making it the first government in Canada to issue green bonds.
Institutional investors representing US$850 billion in assets under management signed the Montreal Carbon Pledge on Thursday.
RBC Global Asset Management has become a sustaining member of the Responsible Investment Association.
The Government of Ontario plans to launch a green bond program in the coming weeks.
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Samsung Renewable Energy and Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure have created a partnership to provide equity funding for the 100-megawatt Kingston Solar Project, which is among the largest solar projects in North America.