Resources for Trustees
Understand climate-related risks and opportunities and build climate competence to improve effective fund management.
Pension Benefits Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.8
Pension Benefits Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.8
Read moreWhat do Investors Want From Climate Disclosure and How Do They Use the Information?
Professional investors talk about why they want climate-related disclosures from companies, what happens when there is a disclosure gap, and advises what companies can do to provide investors with decision-useful information.
Read moreESG Integration Insights – 2020 Edition
SASB’s ESG Integration Insights series provides practical examples of institutional investors using SASB Standards to systematically and rigorously integrate ESG into their investment processes. SASB Standards have become a valued piece of market infrastructure used to evaluate ESG-related risks and opportunities. The enclosed case studies, written by leaders at top investment companies, detail many of […]
Read moreFinancing our Future
The report sets out actions to deliver a global sustainable financial system, with recommendations for all parts of the investment chain. The report was updated in December 2019 to reflect the actions and momentum that has built in the financial system since the report was first released.
Read moreICGN Global Stewardship Principles
The ICGN Global Stewardship Principles (Principles) set out ICGN’s view of current best practices in relation to investor stewardship obligations, policies, and processes. These Principles provide a framework to implement stewardship practices in fulfilling an investor’s fiduciary obligations to beneficiaries or clients. We encourage all ICGN investor members to endorse the Principles, and we consider […]
Read more‘Troubling Incrementalism’: Is the Canadian Pension Plan Fund Doing Enough to Advance the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy?”
A new legal analysis released by the Canada Climate Law Initiative “’Troubling Incrementalism’: Is the Canadian Pension Plan Fund Doing Enough to Advance the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy?” finds 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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