IR Leader
October 24, 2023

Call for CIRI Volunteers – Annual Conference Program Committee

Each year, CIRI’s Annual Conference brings together investor relations professionals from across Canada to stay up to date on IR best practices and emerging trends; learn from IR, governance and capital markets experts; network with peers; and stay informed on the IR tools and services available.

As we are starting to plan next year’s Annual Conference Program, we are looking for enthusiastic CIRI members with experience in various industries and market caps to help shape next year’s content. The Committee consists of two Co-chairs and five Committee members from across Canada. If you are a CIRI member and are interested in getting involved, please click here to provide your details.
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CIRI Members, Update Your Profile To Ensure You Receive Member Benefits

Here are just a few of the many great reasons to update your profile today:

  • Your current email address will ensure timely delivery of CIRI benefits, including CIRI publications, research and Issues Alerts;
  • These benefits keep you up to date on emerging trends, best practices and issues impacting IROs; and
  • Help your peers by adding your name to CIRI's Volunteer Advisory Network (VAN) to offer your expertise. 
Make sure we know how to reach you. Log on to CIRI.org and update your profile today!
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Top Stories

CDP to Align with ISSB Climate Disclosure Standard in 2024

Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP announced today that it will align its sustainability reporting questionnaire with the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standard Board’s new climate disclosure standard beginning this coming year, and to consider other emerging sustainability disclosure systems going forward, in order to ease the reporting burden on companies, and encourage broader reporting on key environmental issues.

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TCFD Report Finds Sharp Increase in Company Disclosure of Climate Risks and Opportunities

Companies are providing public disclosure on their climate-related risks and opportunities at a substantially greater rate than even a few years ago, according to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures’ (TCFD) 2023 Status Report, although significant room for increased reporting remains, with the vast majority of companies not yet reporting across all TCFD recommendations.

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OSC Weighs 'Transformative Potential' of AI in Capital Markets

Report considers how the tech can be used responsibly and for the benefit of participants

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Rules Governing Beneficial Ownership Reporting

Final rules intended to improve transparency and provide more timely information for shareholders and the market

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Humans Still Wanted: The Future of Work in an AI-Driven World

A new Korn Ferry survey offers valuable insights into AI’s impact on the future of work and human capital.

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ESG Shareholder Proposals: The Current Canadian Landscape

A small but growing universe of investors have become quite familiar with the use of shareholder proposals as a tool to voice their opposition to management on wide ranging ESG topics at Canadian public companies. Between January, 2021 through to June, 2023, there have been 161 ESG-related shareholder proposals that have gone to ballot.

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Elevating Shareholder Communication Through Social Media

In the contemporary digital era we live in, the onus is on public companies to recognize and harness the transformative potential of social media, pivoting their conventional communication approaches to align with this digital revolution. No longer just a tool for leisurely interaction or marketing outreach, these versatile platforms have carved out a significant niche in the realm of shareholder communication.

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