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Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

Corporate Knights

The precedent made it easy for corporations to exclude almost any proposal from their proxy circulars until 2001, when this clause was eliminated as part of a broader set of Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) reforms. EE: The debate about divestment versus engagement in fossil fuels is probably more heated now than ever.

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Russia: Sanctions and divestment. The case for a nuanced approach

Tobias Webb

Likewise, companies in all sectors have been rushing to divest of holdings in Russia , or halt operations there. This piece examines sanctions and corporate divestments through a slightly more sceptical lens. We are not arguing that divestment is or is not the right course of action for companies to take.

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Investors Can Calm Troubled Waters

Chris Hall

The rigid structure he refers to is the ‘whole-business securitisations’ financing model, first carried out by Welsh Water in 2001 and taken up by others since, including Thames Water. But all that changed when the Bank of England began raising interest rates in late 2021. “It