Investors paying closer attention to the financial implications of climate risks on their portfolio firms.
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For many Canadians, it's important that their investments reflect their personal values. A first step may be to avoid investing in companies whose business they see as unethical, such as weapons manufacturers, tobacco and fossil-fuel companies. But an increasing number of people are looking to go further. They want to invest in firms that are working actively to make the world a better place.
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Aggressive use of non-GAAP numbers is creating a crisis in how investors, analysts, and the media report financial performance and value companies.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") published guidance affecting proxy advisory firms and the investment advisers that rely on them as a follow-up to its November 2018 proxy process roundtable.
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Demand for sustainable investing is ubiquitous - across every market, from every type of institutional investor, even if not with the same fervor. Harnessing the right data remains a key to evolving and diverse ESG investment strategies, which themselves are driven by distinct and innovative investment philosophies and processes. In this special report, we look at the latest trends in sustainable investing, including ESG in emerging markets and structured credit.
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In 2017, a group of Canada's largest institutional investors and asset managers, known as the 30% Club, called for a boost in the representation of women on boards and in executive management at S&P/TSX composite index companies to 30 per cent by 2022.
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This document summarizes the findings of the ISS 2019 Global Benchmark Policy Survey, which opened on July 22, 2019, and closed on Aug. 13, 2019.
The survey is a part of ISS' annual global benchmark policy development process, and was, as every year, open to institutional investors, corporate executives, board members and all other interested constituencies to solicit broad feedback on areas of potential policy change for 2020 and beyond.
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The Corporate Reporting Dialogue (the Dialogue) was established to facilitate discussion between the respective participants on their frameworks as the basis for further advancing corporate reporting. In order to achieve this progress, Dialogue participants work together to better understand and align their respective frameworks where appropriate and to develop common views on corporate reporting and its future.
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