Climate voting by large Canadian investors 2016-2017
This study was commissioned by the Commonwealth Climate Law Initiative to catalog and describe climate-related shareholder proposals, climate voting records of major Canadian institutional investors, and climate change engagement activity.
Valuing Decent Work: How do Canadian consumer goods manufacturing companies measure up?
This report analyzes the public reporting of ten consumer manufacturing companies in five areas of workforce management that are important to investors.
SHARE 2017 Annual Report
Don’t miss our annual report outlining our efforts and accomplishments in 2017 towards achieving a more sustainable, inclusive and productive economy.
Rapport Annuel 2017
Voir notre rapport annuel qui décrit nos efforts et nos réalisations en 2017 pour réaliser notre vision d’une économie plus durable, inclusive et productive.
ISSUE BRIEFS
SHARE regularly publishes research reports, case studies and investor briefs based on our environmental, social and governance issue areas.
Climate voting by large Canadian investors 2016-2017
This study was commissioned by the Commonwealth Climate Law Initiative to catalog and describe climate-related shareholder proposals, climate voting records of major Canadian institutional investors, and climate change engagement activity.
Valuing Decent Work: How do Canadian consumer goods manufacturing companies measure up?
This report analyzes the public reporting of ten consumer manufacturing companies in five areas of workforce management that are important to investors.
Trustee Guidance on Decent Work
This guide is for trustees and staff of institutional investment funds who are interested in integrating decent work considerations into their investment and stewardship policies and practices.
Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century: Canadian pension regulation analysis – Alberta
This report, co-published by SHARE and the UNPRI, provides an international analysis of pension regulation to support the Alberta Treasury Board and Finance (ATBF) in updating regulation and guidance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure. The report demonstrates how ESG disclosure requirements, if enacted in Alberta, would support the government’s stated policy priorities.
PROXY VOTING REPORTS
SHARE’s Model Proxy Voting Guidelines are updated annually to ensure up-to-date guidance on corporate governance, environmental and social issues emerging on company proxy ballots.
2018 SHARE Model Proxy Voting Guidelines
SHARE provides a comprehensive set of proxy voting guidelines for institutional investors. Our guidelines incorporate conventions and guidelines from international bodies such as the UN, the OECD and the ILO.
2018 Lignes directrices sur le vote par procuration
Le principe global de l’interprétation et l’application de ces lignes directrices est de suivre une démarche qui servira au mieux les intérêts des participants du régime et des bénéficiaires.
Voting for Value: Key vote report
This report takes a look back at twenty noteworthy Canadian proxy votes that mattered in 2015. It revisits votes at seventeen companies in the S&P/TSX Composite Index that raised important ESG issues.
L’importance du vote des investisseurs
Ce rapport analyse vingt votes par procuration marquants de 2015 sélectionnés parmidix-
sept sociétés canadiennes cotées sur l´indice composé S&P/TSX.
POLICY POSITIONS
SHARE regularly submits recommendations to regulators and policy-makers regarding environmental, social and governance considerations in the financial sector.
Letter to the Canadian federal government on retirement security enhancement
Following discussions with Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada and Finance Canada, SHARE wrote a follow-up letter proposing extending clawback provisions to allow the recovery of company dividends, executive compensation and other extraordinary payments made, in order to protect workers’ retirement savings in light of insolvencies.
SHARE offers comments and recommendations regarding Ontario’s proposed Cap and Trade Cancellation Act. As long-term institutional investors, SHARE and our clients are taking action to address climate risks and opportunities in our portfolios and seeking ways to shift capital towards the low-carbon transition.
Investor Statement on Supply Chain Modern Slavery Legislation in Canada
SHARE, the Church Investors Group (UK), the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR, US) and the Church of Sweden (Sweden) coordinated a statement signed by a group of global investor institutions with $2.3 trillion CAD in assets under management urging the Government of Canada to enact effective legislation to help investors and Canadian companies identify and address the use of modern slavery and child labour in global supply chains.
Letter to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada
SHARE, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risks and Sustainability (INCR) wrote a joint statement to The Honorable Catherine McKenna MP to express support for strengthening regulations that would reduce the release of methane and certain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the upstream oil and gas sector.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
SHARE publishes educational tools to help institutional investors learn more about responsible investment and how to integrate environmental, social and governance considerations into their investment practices.
Trustee Guidance on Decent Work
This guide is a product of the VALUING DECENT WORK INITIATIVE – a joint initiative of SHARE and the Atkinson Foundation. We are increasing the visibility of decent work as an important investment consideration in capital markets and mobilizing investors to advocate for robust decent work policies and practices in investee companies.
Climate Change and the Fiduciary Duties of Pension Fund Trustees in Canada
SHARE commissioned Koskie Minsky LLP to prepare a report providing a legal perspective on Canadian pension trustees’ fiduciary duties in relation to the growing threat climate change poses to the value of their investments.
Responsible Investment Toolkit: Putting responsible investment into practice
A great place to start learning about responsible investment. The toolkit defines responsible investment and looks at various implementation strategies that are available to institutional investors.
The Promotion of Active Shareholdership for Corporate Social Responsibility in Canada
This report provides a feasibility study on how to facilitate the growth of shareholder activism in Canada as part of the larger socially responsible investment movement.
SHARE ANNUAL REPORTS
SHARE produces annual reports that cover services provided organization-wide, including shareholder engagement, proxy voting and investor edcuation.
Don’t miss SHARE’s annual report outlining our efforts and accomplishments in 2017 towards achieving a more sustainable, inclusive and productive economy.
Voir notre rapport annuel qui décrit nos efforts et nos réalisations en 2017 pour réaliser notre vision d’une économie plus durable, inclusive et productive.
Shareholder Engagement Snapshot 2018
Take a look at SHARE’s engagement plan for 2018 including the key themes that we will be engaging with Canadian companies on and the impacts that we aim to achieve.
SHARE’s organization-wide annual report outlines our activities and achievements over 2016. The report highlights our work in the areas of climate change, political spending, decent work and building sustainable capital markets.