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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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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. “I’m He advocated engagement as an important way to help ensure water companies are getting ahead of climate change issues through building internal capacity.