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January 17, 2019 Property and Casualty News No comments Views: 126

Will Canada Require Companies To Disclose Climate Change Risks To Investors?

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OTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 16 -- The International Institute for Sustainable Development issued the following news release:

A new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) sets out a three-year policy roadmap for Canada to adjust its financial ecosystem to support meaningful climate change action. Central to this policy map is mandatory transparency around climate change risks held by business.

"Disclosure on energy transition plans is what global investors are looking for," says Celine Bak, author of Leveraging Sustainable Finance Leadership in Canada and Senior Associate at IISD. "Otherwise investors will assume that targets are just that and that capital is not being allocated to meet those targets. This is a risk to Canada's financial sector - particularly given how much capital is invested in Canada's energy sector."

The report's release comes as Colorado communities pursue legal action against Suncor and both New York and Massachusetts sue ExxonMobil, claiming the companies failed to disclose to investors their exposure to climate change risks and legislation.

The report, which estimates that Canadian oil and gas known reserves are in excess of a likely chance of meeting Paris Agreement targets by $120 to $270 billion, sets out recommended steps to encourage private sector investment in climate action. In advance of Canada's Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance releasing their recommendations on the best finance and investment structures to help fight climate change and build the low carbon economy, the report notes the kind of changes necessary for Canada to meet its Paris Agreement targets require an infusion of capital beyond what governments and taxpayers can cover.

Key calls to action in the three-year roadmap for greening Canada's financial ecosystem include:

* The federal government amends the Canadian Business Corporations Act - part XIV Financial Disclosure to require companies to include certain climate change-related disclosures and environmental reporting in their annual reports

* Environment and Climate Change Canada proposes legislation for regular reporting on the assessment/mitigation of climate-related physical risk by all federal public entities

* Natural Resources Canada proposes legislation for regular reporting on the assessment/mitigation of climate-related risk by companies in the natural resources sector

* The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) joins the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

* The Bank of Canada clarifies the degree to which mainstreaming disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities is relevant to the 2019 Financial System Review

* The Chief Actuary of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions reports on the risk of climate adaptation to the fully funded status of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

* The Canadian Securities Administrators reviews members' supervisory practices for climate-related financial disclosures

"Governments can ban products or fund environmental projects - and that matters," says Bak, who was recently made a Knight of France's National Order of Merit for her work on sustainable finance. "But greening the financial ecosystem will deliver exponential returns. That's the kind of action needed for Canada to actually move the needle on productivity and clean growth."

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