Resources for Trustees
Understand climate-related risks and opportunities and build climate competence to improve effective fund management.
Sustainable Development Report
In 2019, CDPQ published its Sustainable Development Action Plan, comprising 27 actions to be completed over a two-year period. These actions address five of the government’s eight major sustainable development priorities. Our 2019–2020 Sustainable Development Action Plan can be consulted at www.cdpq.com. In 2019, CDPQ accomplished numerous activities that resulted in positive and sustainable social […]
Read moreReport from Canada’s Economic Strategy Tables: Seizing opportunities for growth
The Economic Strategy Tables—a new model for industry-government collaboration—were announced as part of the Government of Canada’s Innovation and Skills Plan to support economic growth in six key sectors: advanced manufacturing, agri-food, clean technology, digital industries, health/bio-sciences and resources of the future. The industry-led work of these Tables has resulted in sector-specific plans for economic […]
Read moreFiduciary Obligations in Business and Investment: Implications of Climate Change
In Obligations in Business and Investment: Implications of Climate Change, legal analysis by Dr Janis Sarra, Presidential Distinguished Professor and Professor of Law University of British Columbia, shows that directors, officers and pension fund trustees must identify and address climate-related financial risk or they may be personally liable for breach of their fiduciary obligation or duty of […]
Read moreDisclosure of Information Concerning Climate Change: Liability Risks and Opportunities
Climate change presents material – if not unparalleled – economic risks and opportunities to companies and investors, given changes in the physical environment brought about by climate change, and given regulatory efforts to limit those changes and adapt to the environment as it changes. As a result of the increasing awareness of climate-related financial risks, […]
Read moreSustainable Finance and Investing in a Responsible Future
The following memorandum provides an overview of how universities are addressing climate change through their endowment assets. In the introduction, a brief taxonomy of sustainable investing is provided – spectrum of capital that looks at traditional investing, responsible investing, sustainable investing, impact investing and philanthropy. We also review some recent examples and trends of sustainable […]
Read moreStewardship Investing Report – 2020
At CDPQ, we invest constructive capital knowing that performance and progress go hand in hand. By directing capital toward a greener and more equitable transition, we can generate growth while contributing to a more sustainable world.
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