Caisse Aims to Cut Portfolio's Carbon Footprint 25% by 2025

Jacqueline Nelson Nicolas Van Praet Shawn McCarthy - The Globe Mail
November 6, 2017

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"This is a welcome position, which reflects the Caisse's engagement on the recommendations of the task force," said Celine Bak, a senior fellow with the Waterloo-based Centre for International Governance Innovation, which convened Canadian institutional investors to discuss how to implement its recommendations, including a potential leadership role for the Liberal government in Ottawa.

"This is an opportunity for the federal government to send a strategic signal about the importance of reflecting climate change in long-term investment plans," Ms. Bak said.

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