sustainable investment – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 17 May 2024 19:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Head to Head: Is it time to change the terminology around ESG? https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/head-to-head-is-it-time-to-change-the-terminology-around-esg/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:59:40 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=153998 An academic says environmental, social and governance terminology should evolve alongside understanding of the concept, while a consultant favours a focus on substance over form. Amir Akbari, assistant professor of finance, McMaster University As our understanding of sustainable development evolves, so, too, should our characterization of responsible investment. For instance, consider the United Nation’s Kunming-Montreal Global […]

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]]> Survey finds half of U.S. workers want an employer-sponsored retirement plan that offers emergency savings features https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/54-of-u-s-workers-want-an-employer-sponsored-retirement-plan-that-offers-emergency-savings-features-survey/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=136873 More than half (54 per cent) of employees without a workplace retirement savings plan — including 77 per cent of millennials — say they’d participate in an employer-sponsored plan if it offered emergency savings features, according to a new survey by Natixis Investment Managers. The survey, which polled more than 700 U.S. employees, also found nearly three-quarters […]

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]]> Sounding Board: How institutional investors can manage the physical risks of climate change https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/sounding-board-how-institutional-investors-can-manage-the-physical-risks-of-climate-change/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:00:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=111588 With recent deadly heat waves and wild fires ravaging Canada’s west coast and large-scale flooding in the east, who can ignore the growing risk of extreme weather? Irrespective of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, extreme weather events, driven by climate change, are projected to increase in frequency, intensity and duration through the 21st century, […]

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]]> Pension Leadership Award finalists announced https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/pension-leadership-award-finalists-announced/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/pension-leadership-award-finalists-announced/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:13:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pension-leadership-award-finalists-announced/ The Canadian Investment Review launched the first annual Pension Leadership Awards in 2020 to recognize and award leading plan sponsors across several categories who are on the leading edge of pension investments. Over the past few months, a panel of expert judges has reviewed the nominations. We are pleased to announce the finalists for this […]

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