In the fall issue of the Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Ed Waitzer, the Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance at York University, Canada, argues the time has come for pension fund trustees and managers to lead rather than be dragged along. This article proposes a number of steps that can be taken to better align incentives and frame decision-making for longer-term perspectives.
Divesting from the oil sector has been a boon for La Caisse’s performance, as the Canadian pension giant says its energy investments have earned billions in value-add compared to the benchmark since the inception of its climate strategy. Head of sustainability Bertrand Millot unpacks the fund’s approach in an interview with Top1000funds.com.
The credibility of transition plans is under scrutiny because while sustainable investing is booming real world impact is going in the wrong direction. In response investors need to innovate on the nature of investment mandates says Colin le Duc, a founding partner of Generation.
In an interview with Herman Bril, PSP Investments’ new head of responsible investment, Top1000funds.com looks at how the fund is collecting and reporting on sustainability information based on a technology-enabled, data-driven approach that spans a bespoke, green taxonomy for climate investing to ESG scores derived from AI.
In the post-COP twilight with the initial assessment of pass or fail all written, institutional investors are rightly asking where we are up to at the end of 2022. Fiona Reynolds looks at what has changed and what remains the same.
PRI’s CEO David Atkin has been conducting workshops with signatories to explore different pathways and seeking views around six themes around accountability, the PRI’s policy work and the diversity of signatories and their different needs. A report will be tabled to board of directors in February with recommendations.
As Border to Coast approaches its 5th birthday chief executive Rachel Elwell reflects on the achievement of building a sustainable organisation, what investment capabilities are still to develop and the priorities for the underlying partner funds.
APG's Claudia Kruse reflects that the climate emergency, COVID and conflict has put SDG delivery at risk. But the SDGs remain the best roadmap out of crisis and the investor's Asset Owner Platform has become an important tool supporting its quest to invest with impact.
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