Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability
Forum on Pension Fund Investing and Climate Change
Free
Pension fund trustees and their investment managers and service providers have a fiduciary obligation to pension beneficiaries to act prudently in their best interests in making investment decisions regarding fund portfolios. Pension funds will potentially lose significant value of their investments if they do not act as prudent investors by recognizing climate change financial risk as well as climate driven investment opportunities. The panel will discuss strategies to meet prudential obligations to undertake careful evaluation of climate change and share examples of investment strategy decisions that are based on a time frame commensurate with the pension plan’s liabilities.
Event Agenda:
7:30am – 8:00am: Guest Sign-In & Vegetarian Morning Snacks
8:00am – 9:30am: Forum & Panelist Discussion
9:30am – 10:00am: Open Networking
Panelists:
- Murray Gold, Senior Pensions and Benefits Partner, Koskie Minsky LLP
- Janis Sarra, UBC Presidential Distinguished Professor and Professor of Law at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
- Jacky Shen, Director, Treasury at SFU
- Stephanie Bertels (moderator), Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability at SFU Beedie School of Business, and Trustee and Co-Chair of the SFU Academic Pension Plan