Indigenous rights – 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 Institutional investors demand corporate action on climate change, just transition for Indigenous peoples https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/institutional-investors-demand-corporate-action-on-climate-change-just-transition-for-indigenous-peoples/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 17:00:50 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=110223 A number of Canadian institutional investors are urging corporations to begin addressing climate change risks and opportunities in order to receive their investment dollars. Some 36 institutional investors, including Bâtirente, the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario, the Ontario Pension Board and the […]

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]]> Investors have role in advancing reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, says report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/investors-have-role-in-advancing-reconciliation-with-indigenous-people-says-report/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:25:34 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104787 Institutional investors have a role to play in reconciling Canada with Indigenous people, says a new report by the Reconciliation and Responsible Investment Initiative. “With the Truth and Reconciliation Commission [of Canada] report, it’s clear that we can all play our parts. It’s on all of us,” says Katherine Wheatley, manager of the RRII. “The […]

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]]> New proxy voting guidelines introduced to promote Indigenous rights https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/new-proxy-voting-guidelines-introduced-to-promote-indigenous-rights/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:37:06 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/new-proxy-voting-guidelines-introduced-to-promote-indigenous-rights/ The Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation is implementing new shareholder proxy voting guidelines to advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples, making it the first to its knowledge to do so in Canada. The new guidelines by Indigenous-led Coast Funds, which has $118 million assets under management, will apply the new guidelines to its Canadian […]

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