What exactly are carbon tokens?
In this short piece, we will examine carbon tokens: a tool of increasing relevance in the battle to address climate change. How are carbon instruments typically structured and traded? In the fight to address climate change, businesses and individuals have...
Sustainable finance and carbon market: An overview on carbon financing
It is difficult currently to open the daily newspaper or scroll through social media channels without seeing the words emissions trading, carbon finance, cap and trade and the carbon markets referenced within those pages. In this short introductory piece, we...
Bruno Caron quoted in CBA National article on Canada’s balancing act on climate disclosure rules
CBA National, "Canada’s balancing act on climate disclosure rules"
The article covers proposed climate-related disclosure requirements in Canada, the U.S. and Europe: The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) was ahead of many of its peer agencies when it released its proposed climate-related disclosure requirements for consultation way back in October...
Myron Mallia-Dare and Cindy Kim’s article on the importance of ESG considerations in mergers and acquisitions transactions published by Business Law Today
ABA Business Law Today, "ESG: Creating Value and Mitigating Risk in Mergers & Acquisitions"
Companies must consider environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors in their mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) transactions to achieve maximum value and monitor risks. ESG matters are becoming increasingly significant in M&A transactions as businesses are facing mounting scrutiny and pressure...
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Bruno Caron signale le risque que pose l’impact des changements climatiques dans le secteur financier de la gestion d’actifs pour les gestionnaires de caisses de retraite
La Presse, «Les caisses de retraite défiées par les attentes en investissement durable»
Le défi d’intégrer les principes d’investissement responsable et des critères ESG (environnement, société, gouvernance) est complexe pour les administrateurs de régimes de retraite. Les gestionnaires de caisses de retraite qui tardent à intégrer des critères d’investissement durable courent le risque...
ESG: Creating value and mitigating risk in mergers & acquisitions
Companies must consider environmental, social and governance (“ESG“) factors in their mergers and acquisitions (“M&A“) transactions to achieve maximum value and monitor risks. ESG matters are becoming increasingly significant in M&A transactions as businesses are facing mounting scrutiny and pressure...
Hey Canadian issuers, your neighbour is up to something: Disclosure of climate-related matters
On March 21, 2022, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its proposed climate-related disclosure rules – The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (PDF) (the “SEC Rules”) – which, if adopted, would require public companies and...
CSA propose standardized and more comprehensive climate-related disclosure
Bruno Caron authors a paper on the CSA’s release of National Instrument 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters: On October 18, 2021, as a preamble to COP26, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Glasgow, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)...
