ESG investing

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Corporate Canada betrayed capitalism. Now it has been betrayed

Provisions in the recently passed Bill C-59 mean businesses cannot claim that their products or practices help to protect against climate change or provide other environmental benefits unless they can prove the claims are true.


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No reliable evidence that ESG investing produces above-average returns

The investment industry should provide reliable information about the performance of ESG-focused investment products.


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Myth-busting will help accelerate ESG retreat

Many environmental and social problems are better handled by bottom-up market forces, not top-down initiatives.


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ESG may be a lose-lose for both shareholders and stakeholders

Executives will be forced to try to balance the competing interests of many different stakeholders.


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Mandatory ESG disclosures will impose substantial costs on companies in Canada

The imposition of additional reporting costs will discourage many companies from going public.