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Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability: The role of investors in building sustainable capital markets
Mar 1, 2016
Despite recent success in making responsible investing more attractive to investors, more support is required from governing bodies to continue the momentum. Though a prevalent attitude that sustainable investment is not profitable continues to exist, money managers are proven to respond to demand – meaning that pressure from clients to consider environmental, social and governance factors in investment strategies would be a huge step towards progress.More...
Beedie School of Business and SHARE welcome UN PRI meeting
Mar 19, 2013
The CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business in partnership with the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) hosted a meeting on February 28 welcoming delegates from the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) committee. On the agenda was the role of responsible investing in ensuring risk management and building healthy, sustainable capital markets. Daniel Shapiro, Dean of the Beedie School of Business, introduced […]More...