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.
A push towards standardised data and more appropriate incentives is bringing greater amounts of private sector capital into play on the path towards net zero emissions by 2050.
Chris Hulatt, founder, Octopus Group, and Olivier Rousseau, executive director of France’s FRR, reflect on the European energy crisis. Speaking at FIS Chicago, they warn of consumer pain ahead, urging governments to do more to build renewable energy infrastructure. Cripplingly high energy costs in the UK where the average annual household bill is forecast to
Two veterans of the asset owner community, Theresa Whitmarsh, former executive director of the Washington State Investment Board and Hiro Mizuno, former CIO of the Japan Government Pension Investment Fund, are behind a new template that applies legal language to how asset managers integrate ESG
In a recent stewardship update, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, warned that it will support fewer shareholder resolutions on climate change this year because they have become too extreme and prescriptive.
The Church of England Pensions Board led change in the mining industry by engaging with the issue rather than individual companies. The process led to the introduction of new standards on tailings dams.
Investors have a key role to play in halting biodiversity loss but biodiversity literacy in the finance and business world is poor: the fog comes down and the conversation gets stuck.
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