{"id":19079,"date":"2020-07-24T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/cppib-updates-sustainable-investing-policy-148268"},"modified":"2020-07-24T09:15:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:15:09","slug":"cppib-updates-sustainable-investing-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/07\/24\/cppib-updates-sustainable-investing-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"CPPIB updates sustainable investing policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12646110_123RF-350x244.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"12646110_123RF\" title=\"CPPIB updates sustainable investing policy\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;July 24, 2020 <\/p>\n<p>The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is updating its policy on sustainable investing to reflect an increased conviction&nbsp;in the importance of environmental,&nbsp;social and governance risks and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cESG considerations are inextricably linked to our ability to successfully achieve our investment objectives,\u201d said&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Manley<\/span>, managing director and head of sustainable investing at the CPPIB, in a press release. \u201cOur policy reflects the growing body of evidence showing that companies that integrate consideration of ESG-related business risks and opportunities are more likely to preserve and create long-term value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/bci-publishes-esg-strategy-148003\">BCI publishes ESG strategy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The updated policy outlined the CPPIB\u2019s specific support for companies tailoring their reporting with the&nbsp;sustainability accounting standards board and the task force on climate-related financial disclosures. It also highlighted the importance of asset owners engaging with companies on issues of sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe&nbsp;active ownership&nbsp;through constructive&nbsp;engagement&nbsp;can enhance and sustain returns over time and significantly reduce investment risks,\u201d&nbsp;said&nbsp;Manley. \u201cAs a supplier of patient, engaged and productive capital, we are able to work with companies to bring about change, helping them deliver enduring value-building growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/whats-keeping-esg-rankings-so-convoluted-147919\">What\u2019s keeping ESG rankings so convoluted?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/cppib-updates-sustainable-investing-policy-148268\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;July 24, 2020 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is updating its policy on sustainable investing to reflect an increased conviction&nbsp;in the importance of environmental,&nbsp;social and governance risks and opportunities. \u201cESG considerations are inextricably&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}