The highly regarded Canadian IRO passed away earlier this month.
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Canada's Bill C-59 received royal assent on June 20th, 2024 and officially became law. The amendments to Canada's Competition Act will require businesses to provide evidence supporting any environmental claims.
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Estimates suggest ESG investing could surpass $50 trillion by 2025, as investors around the world look for opportunities for their investment capital to have a broader social impact. However, research suggests that ESG ratings suffer from a measurement trap that occurs when a metric used as part of the rating is systematically biased toward certain industries or types of companies.
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Greenwashing is a form of marketing that misrepresents a product, service or practice as having positive environmental effects, thereby misleading consumers and preventing them from making an informed purchasing decision.
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Only around one in five of finance executives at large companies believe that they are well prepared to meet upcoming requirements to report and seek external assurance on climate-related risks and opportunities, even as the vast majority anticipate sustainability reporting requirements to increase over the next few years, and as more prepared executives are more likely to view sustainability as an opportunity for their companies, according to a new survey released by global professional services firm Accenture.
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Best 50 companies are pouring seven times more into sustainable investments than the average Canadian corporation.
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We have entered an era where corporate sustainability is no longer optional but – some would say once again – a fundamental business imperative. Most companies have come to sustainability through reporting, and for many this is still too often perceived as a compliance necessity, separate from traditional management functions. But reporting is just a gateway to a company’s sustainability journey, because to create real value—both for the company and society—sustainability must evolve from being a peripheral activity to being integrated into every aspect of the business model.
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