decarbonization – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Caisse investing further in sustainable transportation, Ontario Teachers’ in cybersecurity, IT management https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/equities/caisse-investing-further-in-sustainable-transportation-ontario-teachers-in-cybersecurity-it-management/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:40:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-investing-further-in-sustainable-transportation-ontario-teachers-in-cybersecurity-it-management/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is continuing its investment partnership with MacKinnon, Bennett & Company Inc. in the form of a new joint $150-million investment in late-venture and early growth-stage companies focused on the decarbonization and transition to renewable-energy-powered transportation. The Caisse initially invested in the company in 2016 and again in […]

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]]> Wellington Management joins net zero asset managers’ initiative https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/wellington-management-joins-net-zero-asset-managers-initiative/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:07:23 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/wellington-management-joins-net-zero-asset-managers-initiative/ Wellington Management Co. is joining the net zero asset managers’ initiative as a founding member. The company is committing to working with clients on their decarbonization goals and setting an interim target for the proportion of assets to be managed in line with the attainment of net-zero emissions by 2050. Wellington is headquartered in Boston […]

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]]> Do lower carbon portfolios really perform better? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/do-lower-carbon-portfolios-really-perform-better/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:29:45 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/do-lower-carbon-portfolios-really-perform-better/ Some have suggested there could be a return premium to lowering the carbon intensity of a portfolio. By constructing low carbon strategies called decarbonization factors, which go long on lower carbon investments and short on higher ones, it’s certainly possible, according to a paper authored by professor George Serafeim from the Harvard Business School along […]

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