Before Alison Loat joined the OPSEU Pension Trust as its first managing director of sustainable investing and innovation in 2019, her experience with sustainability investing had only been peripheral. “Although I did not come from the responsible investing world, I could see the tides were starting to turn. It was clear that a lot more […]
OPTrust Maintains Long-Term Focus, Releases 2020 Responsible Investing Report
TORONTO, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today OPTrust released its 2020 Responsible Investing Report, detailing its continued long-term commitment to sustainable investing throughout the volatility of the past year.
OPTrust s responsible investing accomplishments in 2020 include updating its Statement of Responsible Investing Principles and expanding the emphasis on diversity and inclusion in its Proxy Voting Guidelines, developing a cross-portfolio approach to integrate responsible investing in all its externally managed investments, and building an investing program to allocate capital to opportunities at the intersection of sustainability and innovation. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues create financial and reputational risks, but we also believe that solving these challenges presents significant investment opportunities, said Alison Loat, Managing Director of Sustainable Investing an
OPTrust reports on effort to integrate responsible investing across portfolio
OPTrust reports on effort to integrate responsible investing across portfolio
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OPTrust, Toronto, focused on climate change and diversity, and integrated a cross-portfolio responsible investing approach in its externally managed investments, according to its 2020 Responsible Investing Report released Tuesday.
OPTrust, which manages the assets of the C$23 billion ($18.7 billion) Ontario Public Service Employees Union Pension Plan, Toronto, is emphasizing capital allocation to opportunities at the intersection of sustainability and innovation, the report said. Environmental, social and governance issues create financial and reputational risks, but we also believe that solving these challenges presents significant investment opportunities, Alison Loat, managing director of sustainable investing and innovation, said in a news release accompanying the report.