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CIBC Wood Gundy

A premier provider of wealth management services, CIBC Wood Gundy has a distinguished heritage of helping investors achieve their goals.

Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group is the largest integrated cooperative financial group in Canada. Our mission is to contribute to improving the economic and social well-being of people and communities within the compatible limits of its field of activity.

Forerunners in terms of responsible investing (RI), Desjardins offers a range of investment products made up of securities selected based on specific environmental, social and governance criteria.

CIBC Private Wealth Management

CIBC is a Canadian financial institution offering banking, investing, wealth management and international banking services. CIBC Asset Management’s (CAM) investment process incorporates the view that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues are risk factors that can affect investment performance and that analysis of these factors is part of delivering superior risk-adjusted returns. They subscribe to and use ESG data from Sustainalytics and manage a number of equity and fixed income portfolios with specific RI mandates.

The Co-operators

The Co-operators is a leading Canadian, diversified, integrated, multi-line insurance and financial services co-operative with over $41 billion in assets under administration. Our company operates in four core areas: Property and Casualty & insurance, Life insurance, institutional asset management and brokerage operations.

Through our group of companies, we operate in four core areas: Property and Casualty & insurance, Life insurance, institutional asset management and brokerage operations. Addenda Capital, The Co-operators investment management company, promotes a sustainable, low-carbon and climate-resilient society through its investment decisions and stewardship activities. Currently, 93 percent of The Co-operators invested assets are guided by The Co-operators Sustainable Investing Policy. This policy applies across all major asset classes, where eligible, but does not apply to certain assets such as short-term investments, policy loans or derivatives. Our vision to be a catalyst for a sustainable society is reflected in all aspects of our operations including our community investment programs, which support people in need and help build community resiliency. We support and fund the development of community-oriented co-operatives and social enterprises, and we work hard to contribute to communities across Canada.

Hugessen

Hugessen Consulting helps Boards make the right decisions on executive compensation and its governance, within an environment of heightened complexity and scrutiny. We enable boards to make independent decisions to: Align pay with corporate strategy and business plans; review compensation policies, pay levels, and plan design; evaluate CEO pay and performance and goal-setting; and conduct independent assessments of corporate performance.

Desjardins Global Asset Management

At Desjardins, Global Asset Management (DGAM), we are known for our innovative leadership, our ability to create value and our prominent place in the Canadian market. Established in 2003, DGAM is now one of the leading institutional portfolio managers in Canada and a leader in responsible investment. It manages more than $63 billion in assets for life and health, property and casualty insurance companies, pension funds, foundations, trust companies, investment funds, public sector entities, corporations and ETF.

DGAM provides a full range of comprehensive solutions driven by innovation and performance in the following investment sectors: fixed income, Canadian equity, systematic strategies, asset allocation, alternative strategies and responsible investment.

DGAM consists of an investment team of more than 60 professionals, including nearly 40 highly qualified investment specialists, including a team of experts dedicated to responsible investment with close to $2 BN of assets under management in ESG strategies. DGAM is also a signatory to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment.

Coro Strandberg

Coro Strandberg is a thought leader and advisor on embedding sustainability into the marketplace. She specializes in corporate sustainability, sustainability governance, social finance, banking and insurance and socially responsible investment. She has 25-years experience in this work from her days as director and Chair of Vancity Credit Union, which created the first SRI fund in Canada shortly before Coro joined the Board. She was a founding trustee of Ethical Funds Inc., Canada’s most comprehensive family of socially responsible mutual funds.

Clients hire Coro for advice on sustainable and impact investment strategies and social finance and social insurance business models. Community Foundations of Canada, for example, hired Coro to help them launch their responsible investment education and engagement program for community foundations. She authored much of the original Canadian research on impact investing, socially responsible investment, and sustainability governance which she posts on her website along with her other social finance publications.

Coro was a member of Canada’s National Advisory Board to the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established by the G8. Currently she is an advisory panel member to the Office of the Auditor General’s Sustainable Development Commissioner and on the board of BC Lotteries Corporation.

Coro was recognized as the top CSR consultant by Canada’s Clean50 in 2015 for her impact.

Catherine Philogène

Catherine has over 20 years of experience in the investment funds industry and as VP, Product Management, ESG Funds at RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), leads the execution of product-related initiatives. She works closely with various teams at RBC GAM to drive the adoption of responsible investment within the Individual Investor business through education and communication.

Catherine has a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Ottawa. She holds the Canadian Investment Manager (CIM) designation as well as the Responsible Investment Professional Certification (RIPC).

Kim Hallwood

Hallwood Sustainability is a boutique independent consultancy that partners with Canadian and global organizations across sectors and stages of maturity to bring clarity, confidence, and momentum to their sustainability journeys. Whether you’re advancing disclosure, activating a new strategy, or building internal capacity, we’ll meet you where you are— and help you lead with purpose, and deliver with impact.