Asset owners increase exposure to factors.
Desjardins Global Asset Management has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment, a group of international asset holders and managers committed to investing with environmental, social and governance factors in mind. The group has about 1,700 signatories, representing US$62 trillion in assets under management. Read: Pension fund assets make up 75% of responsible investing in […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will provide $107 million in debt financing to a Canadian rooftop solar power producer. Potentia Renewables Inc., which produces solar equipment for the rooftops of schools, as well as commercial and industrial buildings, will use the funds to develop more renewable power projects. The Caisse previously invested in […]
With Poland issuing the world’s first sovereign green bond totalling 750 million euros in December and France following suit with an even larger issuance of 7 billion euros earlier this year, investment managers expect the market for green bonds will continue to grow. “Based on trends, 2017 will probably be the year where we’re going […]
On Jan. 1, 2016, an amendment to Ontario’s Pension Benefits Act came into effect requiring pension plans to disclose whether they incorporate environmental, social and governance factors in their statement of investment policies and procedures. Although such requirements are new in Canada, they’ve long existed in Europe: in 2000 for British and Swedish pension funds; […]
A holistic approach to integrating ESG across the portfolio.
Will Canada follow Europe’s lead on reporting?
Smart meters will update and modernize energy system.
More than a quarter of adults in the Netherlands smoked in 2012, according to the World Bank. And the country’s pension funds are even more tobacco-friendly. More than two-thirds (80 per cent) of major Dutch pension funds have investments in the tobacco industry, according to a report by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development, […]
Canada is lagging behind other jurisdictions in establishing a regulatory framework for due diligence around human rights in global supply chains, according to a new report by the Shareholder Association for Research and Education. The report says this lack of regulatory framework creates a challenge for institutional investors using a benchmark to compare Canadian equity […]