Katie Keir
There’s little doubt that both responsible investment (RI) and the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data have been growing in recent years.
The Responsible Investment Association’s (RIA) latest surveys, for example, show that RI assets in Canada increased from $2.1 trillion in 2017 to more than $3 trillion in 2019. Further, the organization’s 2020 Investor Opinion Survey found the vast majority of respondents to its online poll remained very or somewhat interested in RI.
Add the pandemic to that mix, and what you have is an acceleration of industry and investor interest in the use of ESG criteria that takes material, non-financial risks into account, said a speaker panel during this week’s virtual Conference of Montreal, called Bridging a Disconnected World, organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas.
Lack of Canadian airline support an area of disappointment : Airbus CEO
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The head of Airbus SE said heâs disappointed Canada is not doing enough to prop up its aerospace industry as the sector continues to struggle with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. It s fair to say we had more expectations on the support we could have had in Canada and that s an area of disappointment, Guillaume Faury, Airbus chief executive officer, told BNN Bloomberg s Amanda Lang as part of a virtual conference hosted by The International Economic Forum of the Americas.
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The Week Ahead: Housing data, Cenovus-Husky shareholder meeting
Alicia Harvey, Senior Producer, BNN Bloomberg A For Sale sign is displayed outside a home in the Le Plateau Mont-Royal borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Saturday, April 14, 2018. An economic revival in Canada s second-biggest city is fueling a long-awaited real-estate renaissance, shrinking inventories, speeding up sales and luring foreign buyers. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
Monday, December 14
- The International Economic Forum of the Americas â Conference of Montreal
- OPECâs Oil Market Report
Tuesday, December 15
- Notable data: Housing starts (Nov), Manufacturing Sales & Orders (Oct), Existing Home Sales â MLS Home Price Index (Nov), FOMC Meeting begins, Empire State Manufacturing survey (Dec)