Safety Risks in Bangladesh Apparel Factories
This brief looks at publicly-traded apparel companies in Canada to determine what the have reported publicly about their post-Rana Plaza efforts to address health and safety.
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SHARE Annual Activity Report 2014
Our Annual Report outlines SHARE’s activities and achievements in 2014 related to our responsible investment services, educational events and research.
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Vancouver Proclamation Investors Climate Day
Proclamation from Gregor Robertson, Mayor of the City of Vancouver, proclaiming Thursday, February 26, 2015 Vancouver Investor Climate Action Day
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Dollars, Democracy and Disclosure
Second in a series as part of a 3-year project, this investor briefing outlines some of the ways Canadian corporations engage in political spending and whether investors need to demand better disclosure from companies on these activities.
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Shareholder Engagement Plan 2015
SHARE’s engagement plan for 2015 includes an overview of the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues that SHARE’s team will be focusing on and a list of focus companies.
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Building Sustainable Food Systems in Canada
This paper outlines the social and environmental challenges facing Canada’s food system and analyses these challenges from a responsible investment perspective.
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Second Comment on the Proposed Amendment to Regulation 909 under the Pension Benefits Act
SHARE made a second comment on the proposed amendments to the Ontario Pension Benefits Act regulations to require pension plans to disclose information about environmental, social and governance factors. We endorse the latest amendment which requires pension plans to disclose whether, and, if so, how, environmental, social and governance factors are incorporated into the plan’s investment policies and procedures.
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Are Canadian Corporations Spending to Influence the US Political Process?
Political spending by corporations raises questions of corporate governance and accountability to share owners. This first report in an upcoming series on political spending by Canadian corporations looks at that spending in the US context.
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Draft Regulation to Amend Regulation 58-101 Respecting Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices
SHARE has made a submission to the securities commissions of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Nfld and Labrador, and Nunavut, who are considering following Ontario’s lead in requiring issuers to disclose their approach to gender diversity on boards and in senior management. We support these jurisdictions adopting an approach consistent with that in Ontario.
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Rail Safety and Executive Compensation in the TSX 60
This investor briefing reviews 17 energy and railway companies in the TSX60 Index to determine whether they base any part of their executives’ compensation on better safety performance. Just under half of the companies analyzed have identified rail transportation as a possible material risk factor for the company.
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Proposed Amendment to Regulation 909 under the Pension Benefits Act
SHARE supported the Ontario government’s proposed amendments to the Pension Benefits Act to mandate ESG disclosure for Ontario pension plans.
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Comments on Proposed National Policy 25-201 Guidance for Proxy Advisory Firms
SHARE commented on the CSA’s proposed voluntary guidance for proxy advisory firms. We underscored the principles of responsible investment and encouraged the CSA to focus on investor stewardship as a whole rather than solely on the activities of proxy advisory firms.
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