The pursuit of reduced energy emissions portfolios from institutional investors is putting pressure on the efficiency of energy transition plans from investee companies. Despite a growing uncertainty caused by pushback against an environmental, social and governance driven investment lens, companies and investors need to think about environmental causes with a long-term risk perspective, says Sagar […]
The Pension Investment Association of Canada is urging the Canadian Securities Administrators to resume work on a climate-related disclosure mandate that could impact decision-making at Canadian institutional investors. In an open letter to the CSA, the PIAC said the adoption of standardized disclosures and reporting supports Canadian pension plan sponsors by optimizing investment and human […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is creating new climate strategy goals and wants to achieve $400 billion in climate action investments by 2030. The investment organization exceeded its climate targets set back in 2017 at the end of 2024 and reported an approximately 50 per cent reduction in its carbon footprint, according […]
Against a backdrop of unpredictability on the global stage, Canadian institutional investors continue to face several competing headwinds, including a push from the federal government to encourage more investment domestically, central banks’ developing policies to tame inflation and a new U.S. president already making his imprint on foreign affairs. At the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise […]
In recent years, the energy sector has been unloved and out of favour, sitting at just below four per cent on the MSCI World index, according to Yashica Reddy, investment director of thematic equities at Schroders, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2025 Global Investment Conference. This underweight and under-ownership of energy is surprising for two reasons: […]
While the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. supports the goal of net zero by 2050, that doesn’t translate to a hard target for its portfolio, according to Jennifer Coulson (pictured left), the organization’s senior managing director and global head of environmental, social and governance. Speaking in a panel session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2025 […]
Through a series of research papers, investment firm Equiton is working with Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business to explore the sustained cashflows available for institutional investors in Canada’s residential real estate market alongside the impact of climate change. “Do we see any impact on these cashflows moving forward and . . . how […]
Institutional investors are moving away from standard environmental, social and governance factors, according to a new report by Morningstar Inc. The report, which took responses from in-depth interviews with 25 investors around the world, found there’s an ongoing commitment to sustainability, but less interest in keeping ESG investments. Indeed, some investors are even combining social […]
The push to make companies detail their exposure to climate change received a boost last week with about 80 women leaders in business and civil society calling on Canadian securities regulators to restart work on mandating climate disclosures. In an open letter organized by Women Leading on Climate, the signatories said they strongly disagree with […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is facing criticism for backing out of a commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Following the release of its fiscal 2025 annual results last week, the investment organization was called out by Shift Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health, which said net-zero commitments aren’t optional. The CPPIB […]