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Canada’s Conflicted Pension Managers
Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health’s May 2022 report, Canada’s Climate-Conflicted Pension Managers: The Oil and Gas Insiders Overseeing Canadians’ Retirement Savings, reveals the deep entanglement between the fossil fuel industry and directors, trustees and investment managers at Canada’s largest public pension funds. It finds 80 Canadian pension managers with 124 different roles […]
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The Chairperson’s Insights into Climate Action
The Chairperson’s Insights into Climate Action provides a summary of highlights from interviews with 16 members of the World Economic Forum’s Community of Chairpersons on the topic of climate action. It explores key issues and best practices for board members across strategy, risk and opportunity, stakeholders, board competence and operations in relation to climate. It provides answers […]
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ESG and Climate Change Blind Spots: Turning the Corner on SEC Disclosure
This article examines four areas in which the SEC, for more than a decade, resisted reform or impeded shareholders’ access to sought-after environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. These areas are: (1) the SEC’s refusal to act on several rulemaking petitions submitted during the years 2009 to 2018, which called for expanded ESG disclosure; (2) […]
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Assessing the Climate Action Investment Practices of Canadian Community Foundations
In this report, IISD proposes eight recommendations that foundations should undertake to better utilize their endowments to tackle the challenges of climate change: Move toward positive screening investment strategies and climate investing Make all governance documents public Make the reporting of endowment holdings and returns transparent Streamline endowment management Join the Canadian Philanthropy Commitment on […]
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Collaboratively Building a Climate-Resilient Economy and Financial System in BC
Collaboratively Building a Climate-Resilient Financial System in BC was a first of its kind workshop of financial sector organizations, financial service providers, risk consultancy providers, climate action professionals and financial regulators. The workshop was hosted collaboratively by the Vancouver Economic Commission, the Pembina Institute, the BC Financial Services Authority as an invitation-only portion of the […]
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Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change – Summary for Policymakers
The Summary for Policymakers (SPM) provides a high-level summary of the key findings of the Working Group III Report. The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, assessing the impact […]
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