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.
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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, CIM, RIPC
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.
In 2009, Catherine joined RBC GAM as a Portfolio Specialist and during her nine-year tenure in the Investment Products Advisory Group covered fixed income, quantitative and ESG strategies. Prior to that she spent seven years at Phillips, Hager & North in their direct-to-investor business.
Catherine has a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music and Bachelor of Music from the University of Ottawa. She holds the Canadian Investment Manager (CIM) designation as well as the Responsible Investment Professional Certification (RIPC).
Tessa Hebb
Dr. Hebb researches and teaches in the field of Responsible Investment, Impact Investment and Impact Measurement. She is an academic specialist in these areas and provides advice, expertise, and consulting services. She works with Ceres in Canada. She serves on a number of boards and investment committees. She regularly undertakes commissioned research for her clients. Dr Hebb is a frequent keynote speaker and the author of several books on responsible investment. Please feel free to contact me should you require any of these services.
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.
Peter Fox
KBI Global Investors is a specialist equity boutique, managing assets on behalf of institutional investors in Canada, USA, UK, Europe and Asia.
Our suite of Global Equity Strategies demonstrate high levels of Quality, better Valuation and strong Governance and ESG credentials. Our objective is to improve the consistency of return for our clients and reduce their exposure to risk. Our investment team manages:
*Global Developed Equity Strategy
*Global Emerging Market Equity Strategy
*Global ACWI Equity Strategy
Our suite of natural resource strategies are underpinned by long-term trends around the world’s changing demographic profile, the scarcity of l natural resources, and the sustained pressure for lower carbon economies. Our investment team manages:
*Global Water Strategy
*Global Clean Energy Strategy
*Global Agribusiness Strategy
*Global Resource Solutions (listed natural resources) Strategy
*Global Sustainable Infrastructure (listed infrastructure) Strategy
With responsible investing integrated across our entire suite of strategies, the firm is also a signatory to the PRI since 2007, as well as participating in several other responsible investment industry organisations and initiatives. Internally we have robust ESG controls, policies and processes in place that govern our activities.