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All Hands On Deck: Opportunities for Investment Management Firms to Advance Reconciliation
Investment management firms can play an important role in advancing reconciliation and Indigenous rights recognition as employers, economic actors, shareholders, capital providers and, for those with Indigenous clients, stewards of Indigenous wealth. With input from 48 Canadian investment managers and advisors, RRII developed a framework to describe actions that investment managers can take to advance […]
Read moreAnnual Report 2020-2021
Read moreUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
S.C. 2021, c. 14 An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Read morePrimer on Climate Change: Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations
The evolution of our understanding of climate change from an ethical or environmental issue to one that presents foreseeable financial and systemic risks (and opportunities) over short, medium and long-term investment horizons has significantly changed its relevance to the governance of both corporations and investors. This evolution means there are serious implications for the duties […]
Read moreOn the Horizon – Briefing note on TCFD-aligned mandatory disclosure in New Zealand
Canadian and other regulators globally are considering how best to embed disclosure and governance of climate-related financial risks and opportunities into financial reporting. This briefing note canvasses recent legislative initiatives in New Zealand as another example of a regulatory path towards net zero. In April 2021, the New Zealand Government introduced the Financial Sector (Climate-related […]
Read moreFollowing the Footpath to Mandatory TCFD Disclosure in the United Kingdom: Lessons for Canadian and Other Regulators
Regulators in Canada and elsewhere are considering regulatory changes to accelerate the transition towards net-zero carbon emissions. Part of that consideration is whether to adopt the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) four pillar framework of governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. We can learn from regulators that have already adopted measures, in […]
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