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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. For example, we developed a significant investor presence on issues of forest land management.

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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. The question is whether these developments the a priori good things which they are presented as being, or is the situation actually rather more nuanced?

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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. Ultimately, class A debt in the securitisations is still highly rated,” said Huxham.