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

Corporate Knights

Graham’s speech also included dubious statements about divestment and the pace of transition away from fossil fuels, claiming that the “global investment community has also changed its tune when it comes to fossil fuel divestment.” This “consensus” is imaginary.

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CPP Investments Backs Active Engagement on Net Zero Path

Chris Hall

Canadian pension fund to eschew “blanket divestment”, emphasising role as “active investor and influencer”. Blanket divestment is not the best way to maximise returns without undue risk of loss. And it isn’t the way that we as active investors have maximised our returns over time.”.

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Transition in Practice

Chris Hall

Richard Manley, Chief Sustainability Officer at CPP Investments, outlines how the pension plan is greening its portfolio by exerting influence in private and public markets. C to prevent catastrophic climate change. “To

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Let the Climate Finance Flow

Chris Hall

For investors, engaging with investee corporates in the transition process has replaced the blunt tool of divestment as a means of decarbonising portfolios. “But to actually implement it, we need to have methodologies in place and a change in approach.”. Engagement ring.

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Investors Search for Answers

Chris Hall

With nature more broadly, there are further layers of complexity,” said Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing, Asia, Manulife Investment Management. You have to bear that in mind when considering your investment decisions,” she said. They make the same mistakes. On this topic, we need the critical mass to grow.