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Tools for Assessing Your Foundation’s Portfolio: Sustainable Investment Risks and Performance

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Risk! A Climate Cabaret

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Lawyers’ role in a warming world

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January 12, 2021 7:00 am - 8:00 am (PT) Virtual

Atelier: Guider les conseils d’administration pour mieux soutenir les comités d’audit dans leur rôle pour une gouvernance climatique efficace

The Sustainable Finance Initiative by Finance Montréal and the Canada Climate Law Initiative are happy to present you this webinar called « Guider les conseils d’administration pour mieux soutenir les comités d’audit dans leur rôle pour une gouvernance climatique efficace ». This webinar’s purpose was to discuss the central role of the audit committee in […]

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September 18, 2020 8:00 am - 9:00 am (PT) Virtual

Pension Funds and the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: Are Canadian Public Funds Doing Enough?

Professor Cynthia A. Williams discusses her report “Troubling Incrementalism’: Is the Canadian Pension Plan Fund Doing Enough to Advance the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy?” which reveals that the CPP’s approach to managing the financial risks of climate change may not be consistent with the best interests of Canadian beneficiaries and contributors.

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September 17, 2020 8:00 am - 9:00 am (PT) Virtual

North-South: Arts, Business & Climate Governance

We paired scholars, creatives, and business people to offer north-south perspectives on how business, literature, and the performing and visual arts can enrich our understanding of how we can successfully tackle climate change.

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September 16, 2020 8:00 am - 9:00 am (PT) Virtual

Conservation Finance & Effective Governance

Scholars, directors, investors, conservationists, and creatives offer new ways of thinking about the transition to a sustainable economy.

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July 23, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am (PT) Virtual

Audit Committees and Climate-related Financial Risk – Do You Know Your Role As an Audit Committee Member?

Audit committees need to be effective and independent in their oversight of financial reporting and disclosure. The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have recommended that annual public filings provide disclosure on climate-related material risks, financial impacts, and governance processes, including review by audit committee and management. Please join […]

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July 9, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am (PT) Virtual

Putting Climate Change Risk on the Boardroom Table- A Conversation with Carol Hansell and Gigi Dawe

Corporate board members are legally obligated to address climate change risk and opportunities as part of their oversight of the companies they serve, according to a new, in-depth legal analysis of directors’ duties regarding climate change risk. In her opinion, titled “Putting Climate Change Risk on the Boardroom Table” Ms. Hansell clarifies the role of […]

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