task force on climate related financial disclosure – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:00:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 CIA calling on financial organizations to include effects of climate change in risk projections https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/cia-calling-on-financial-organizations-to-include-effects-of-climate-change-in-risk-projections/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:00:38 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=156774 Unique natural events caused by the effects of climate change need to be considered in a financial organization’s risk analysis, according to a new report by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. The report examined work and recommendations of the task force on climate-related financial disclosures on climate risk frameworks for the Canadian financial sector. It […]

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]]> Pension investment organizations backing consolidated sustainability standards in joint statement https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/pension-investment-organizations-backing-consolidated-sustainability-standards-in-joint-statement/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:30:59 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=140562 The leaders of 11 of Canada’s largest public sector pension investment organizations are calling on companies to adopt a new framework that would consolidate existing disclosure standards, including those from the sustainability accounting standards board and the task force on climate-related financial disclosures. The framework, which was set out by the International Sustainability Standards Board, […]

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]]> Sustainability frameworks receive approval in SHARE’s proxy voting guidelines https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/sustainability-frameworks-receive-approval-in-shares-proxy-voting-guidelines/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:00:59 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=119022 The Shareholder Association for Research and Education is setting out new guidance for institutional investors on corporate votes regarding sustainability reporting. In its model proxy voting guidelines, the Shareholder Association for Research and Education provides Canadian institutional investors with a set of generic proxy voting rules designed to be easily tailored for individual organizations. “[The […]

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]]> PRI reporting deadline: A race to the finish line in 2020 https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/pri-reporting-deadline-a-race-to-the-finish-line-in-2020/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/pri-reporting-deadline-a-race-to-the-finish-line-in-2020/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2020 03:54:48 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pri-reporting-deadline-a-race-to-the-finish-line-in-2020/ There is nothing like a deadline to focus the mind. Asset owners and managers who are signatories of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investments have just five weeks left to complete their annual report on their environmental, social and governance metrics, with the filing deadline being March 31. The challenge in the 2020 report […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/pri-reporting-deadline-a-race-to-the-finish-line-in-2020/feed/ 0 Canadian DB pensions share experiences implementing TCFD recommendations https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/canadian-db-pensions-share-experiences-implementing-tcdf-recommendations/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/canadian-db-pensions-share-experiences-implementing-tcdf-recommendations/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:21:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/canadian-db-pensions-share-experiences-implementing-tcdf-recommendations/ A group of institutional investors, including numerous large Canadian defined benefit pension plans, has released a handbook outlining their experiences implementing the recommendations from the task force on climate-related financial disclosures. The Canadian plans include the Alberta Investment Management Corp., the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the […]

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