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Progress and priorities: Reviewing sustainability in key pension systems
Pension funds are long-term investors and their ability to generate long-term returns relies on the performance of the markets and economies in which they invest. Because sustainability factors such as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten the performance of the markets and economies on which they rely for financial returns, pension funds have a responsibility to […]
Read moreCommitted and actual federal government climate spending
Analysis from a report from Corporate Knights’ Climate Dollars initiative shows that the Canadian federal government is at least $14 billion behind on rolling out the climate funding it had committed to spending by now. And since 2015, there has been a 30% shortfall between what the government has committed to spending on climate and […]
Read moreEU sustainability reporting requirements: Implications for Canadian business and policy makers
The impact of new standards for sustainability disclosures in Europe will be felt by Canadian firms with access to European Union (EU) capital markets, or significant operations in EU countries. Based on current reporting practices and given Canada’s lack of a robust sustainable finance framework, Canadian firms could have a significant challenge in meeting these […]
Read moreCollaborating for Value Chain Decarbonisation
With the urgent need to reduce global emissions, rapid decarbonisation of our economy is essential, and the key is collaboration across the value chain. This guide by the Embedding Project provides practical advice and examples to help companies support their supply chain partners to decarbonise. You’ll find advice on how companies are prompting, influencing, supporting, […]
Read moreA Just Transition: A Guide for NGO and Civil Society Members to Provincial Regulation of Directors’ Duties Concerning Climate-related Risks
Non-governmental organizations (NGO) and members of civil society continue to press for effective legislation to meaningfully address the causes and impacts of climate change, including environmental protections, mitigation and adaptation measures, climate accountability, and net-zero carbon emissions strategies. More recently, they have recognized that the transition to net-zero emissions requires a whole-economy approach, which means […]
Read moreCSSB Exposure Draft – Proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standard (CSDS) 2, Climate-related Disclosures
The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) was established to serve the public interest by setting and maintaining high-quality sustainability disclosure standards for Canadian entities and by contributing to the development of high-quality, internationally recognized sustainability disclosure standards. On June 26, 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) released its first two IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. […]
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