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2022 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card
Shift’s inaugural Canadian Pension Climate Report Card analyses the climate policies and strategies of Canadian pension funds based on public information disclosed to December 31, 2022.
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Biodiversity Risk: Legal Implications for Companies and their Directors
This paper by the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative analyses the relevance of biodiversity risks to companies and economies in the discharge of directors’ legal duties globally.
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Integrity matters: Net zero commitments by businesses, financial institutions, cities and regions
Report from the United Nations’ High-Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities
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A guide to effective climate governance in the Canadian real estate sector: Building for the net-zero future
This guide provides information to help boards, management, and professionals in the Canadian commercial real estate sector understand and deal with the increasing implications of climate change and the net-zero transition, including the risks, legal duties of those that should manage them, effective governance practices they should embrace, and where and how to leverage the […]
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Roadmap to a Sustainable Financial System in Canada
When it comes to Canada’s climate policies, there is a widely overlooked frontier: finance. In this policy briefing, Ecojustice, Shift: Action and Environmental Defence lay out an actionable pathway to address how Canada should regulate climate-alignment within our financial system. The brief shows how financial alignment is a critical piece of the broader climate package […]
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Partial Disclosure: Assessing the state of physical and transition climate risk disclosure in Canada
The latest Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF) study demonstrates that in aggregate, climate-related disclosures by Canadian companies are inadequate, both in terms of quantity and quality. This impedes the ability of financial institutions to properly price the opportunities and risks associated with climate change, which has significant consequences for Canadian competitiveness and the functioning of […]
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