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Finance

What’s in your ‘transition fund’? Poor transparency puts investors at risk

by Michael Sambasivam and Adam Scott

OPINION | Vague criteria for popular transition funds illustrate why Canada’s financial sector urgently needs a clear and enforceable green taxonomy

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Finance

Canada’s new sustainable finance rules don’t go far enough

by Adam Scott

OPINION | Despite the welcome arrival of long-awaited green taxonomy, Canada is still losing the race to decarbonize if we leave the

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Responsible Investing

Memo to CPPIB: There’s no such thing as ‘no-carbon oil’

by Adam Scott and Patrick DeRochie

Even if carbon capture somehow became inexpensive, scalable and effective, it cannot address oil and gas life-cycle emissions. There’s no taking the

Responsible Investing

Is Canada’s transition finance blueprint a recipe for greenwash?

by Adam Scott

Canada is pursuing a taxonomy that lowers the bar and allows high-carbon activities to be labelled ‘sustainable’

Responsible Investing

Why are Ontario pensioners investing in future Alberta stranded assets?

by Joe Vipond and Adam Scott

Financing Alberta’s biggest-ever electricity generator fuelled by natural gas is a bad bet by OPTrust

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