Investing and ESG: Fiduciary and other considerations for Canadian pension plans
Join us as we explore the latest thinking on ESG factors with leaders in the field, bringing together Torys lawyers from across practice areas as well as external guest speakers. We will discuss current developments in organizational governance, new strategies emerging around ESG investment, sector-specific trends and more.
Join the panelists as they examine the legal framework applicable to Canadian pension plans integrating ESG factors into their investment strategy as well as practical tips and regulatory views on implementing ESG investing for a pension plan and the current challenges relating to consistent ESG risk disclosure in the investment industry.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT presentation
11:45 a.m. EDT webinar opens
Guest speakers: Duncan Burrill, Managing Director/CEO, CBC Pension Plan
Ross Dunlop, President of the Board of Directors, Association of Canadian Pension Management
New York: This program contains 1.0 Areas of Professional Practice Credit.
Ontario: This program is eligible for up to 1.0 Substantive hour.
Other session in this series:
- How great companies deliver both purpose and profit
- Including the “I” in ESG
- Investing in low carbon energy
- Managing ESG disputes
- Managing uncertainty in climate change: remarks and Q&A on the OSFI discussion paper
- The role of shareholders, directors and management in setting ESG priorities
- Executing ESG priorities
- The growing importance of ESG in M&A transactions
- Navigating ESG disclosure standards
- Investing and ESG: Fiduciary and other considerations for Canadian pension plans
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Susan Nickerson