ESG ratings – 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 Canada ahead of U.S. in regulating ESG investments but more required: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/canada-ahead-of-u-s-in-regulating-esg-investments-but-more-required-report/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:30:06 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=106569 Broad support for regulating environmental, social and governance-themed investments in Canada has left the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission playing catch-up with its northern neighbour, says Katie Pries (pictured), president and chief executive officer of Northern Trust Canada. “While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is working through its regulatory plans for ESG investing, Canada […]

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]]> CFA’s ESG standards could facilitate greenwashing, warns IFIC https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/cfas-esg-standards-could-facilitate-greenwashing-warns-ific/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:00:46 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104255 The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute’s draft voluntary environmental, social and governance disclosure standards are vulnerable to greenwashing, warns the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. In an open letter to the CFA regarding its drafted voluntary regulations, the IFIC is criticizing the proposed standards’ failure to define what does and doesn’t qualify as an ESG investment. […]

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]]> How institutional investors can determine material ESG factors https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/how-institutional-investors-can-determine-material-esg-factors/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:48:28 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-institutional-investors-can-determine-material-esg-factors/ Environmental, social and governance factors are an important dimension of fundamental analysis, said Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing at Fidelity International, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s Investment Innovation Conference in November. Traditional fundamental analysis captures topics including financial performance, the pricing power of a company, its competitive advantages, the […]

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]]> MSCI makes ESG rating tool available to public https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/msci-makes-esg-rating-tool-available-to-public/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:41:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/msci-makes-esg-rating-tool-available-to-public/ MSCI is making its ratings on environmental, social and governance issues publicly available off the back of growing interest from numerous stakeholders. This move is part of MSCI ESG Research’s mission to help investors, companies and other industry stakeholders identify the most financially relevant ESG risks and opportunities, through greater transparency and access to ESG […]

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