This investor brief outlines the risks and opportunities for investors of financial exclusion and recommends that institutional investors engage with Canada’s mainstream banks to encourage greater product, service and delivery innovations to improve financial service provision to low-income and underserved groups.
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Addresses two issues with regard to the right of shareholders to submit proposals for voting on annual meetings: minimum shareholding requirements and word limit for shareholder proposals.
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SHARE wrote to NRCan in support of proposals for securities regulators to require mandatory reporting standards in the extractive sector.
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Joint statement of institutions representing more than $44 billion in assets under management supporting the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
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SHARE’s First Annual Report outlines SHARE’s activities and achievements in 2013.
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This brief reviews the key issues related to the trade in conflict minerals, including conflict-minerals related risks and engagement recommendations for investors who want to manage these risks in their portfolios. It provides an overview of recent efforts aimed at addressing conflict minerals in the supply chain and provides a roadmap for investors to engage companies in implementing responsible supply chains.
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The CSA launched this consultation “to provide a forum for discussion of certain concerns raised about the services provided by proxy advisory firms and their potential impact on Canadian capital markets and to determine if, and how, these concerns should be addressed by Canadian securities regulators.”
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The executive summary provides an overview of the results of SHARE’s Cleaning Up report, which assesses and compares commercial real estate companies and major commercial property tenants on the degree to which they have incorporated labour considerations into company policies that apply to the procurement of property services, including janitorial, maintenance, and security services.
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This report assesses and compares commercial real estate companies and major commercial property tenants on the degree to which they have incorporated labour considerations into company policies that apply to the procurement of property services
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As in past years, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published a draft of its priorities for the coming year and invited feedback. SHARE took this opportunity to express support for improvements in how shareholder votes impact the
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This guidance document is designed to assist investors in assessing how well companies are meeting their responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace by outlining general best practice principles for Canadian companies.
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This report reviews the Hydraulic Fracturing Operating Practices to guide water management and improve practices for shale and tight gas development published by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The report provides analysis of the requirements of each Practice and discusses their strengths and weaknesses with respect to how they might contribute to mitigating risk.
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