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Canada's pension plan shouldn’t be a cheerleader for Alberta’s oil and gas industry

Corporate Knights

Canadians require a livable planet on which to retire, and climate scientists and energy modellers are clear that limiting global temperature increase to 1.5℃ He shared the stage with Teine Energy and Wolf Midstream, two Alberta-based fossil fuel companies owned by CPPIB – neither of which have committed to net-zero emissions.

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Take Five: IPCC Chair Issues Spoiler Alert

Chris Hall

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Investors and policymakers signalled mixed progress in their support for net zero transition this week, ahead of a critical report from scientists. In Canada and Europe, the emphasis is on transition.

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Advancing Climate Justice Priorities Over Profit-Led Research

Stanford Social Innovation

For sustainable tech to be possible, funders, including investors, philanthropists, and foundations, must develop a two-pronged approach of intentional investments in those leading justice-centered approaches to technological and economic transitions and informed divestments from extractive and fossil-fuel-dependent systems and enterprises.

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