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Canada's pension plan shouldn’t be a cheerleader for Alberta’s oil and gas industry

Corporate Knights

Canadians require a livable planet on which to retire, and climate scientists and energy modellers are clear that limiting global temperature increase to 1.5℃ It should be obvious that achieving this mandate is dependent on stabilizing global temperatures at relatively safe levels. CPPIB appears to have flunked this test.

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Bridging Asia’s ESG Information Gap

Chris Hall

“The lack of high-quality standardised ESG data on companies, especially in Asia, remains a key impediment to unlock capital at the speed and quantum needed for the region’s transition towards lower-carbon economies,” Helge Muenkel, Chief Sustainability Officer at DBS, told Regulation Asia. .