18 November 2021

November 18, 2021 – Nearly 200 nations concluded their annual climate change negotiations at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP 26) meeting in Glasgow recently, where the aim was to commit to further and faster greenhouse gas emissions reductions so as to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Despite a… View Article

9 November 2021

  TORONTO November 9, 2021 /CNW/ – The need for a Canadian Sustainability Standards Board is clearer than ever, says Edward J. Waitzer, Chair of the Independent Review Committee on Standard Setting in Canada. “Growing demand for disclosing sustainability information has led to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting initiatives worldwide,” Waitzer notes. “This is… View Article

5 November 2021

November 5, 2021 – Ontario’s Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy presented Ontario’s Fall Economic Statement on Thursday, November 4th 2021. The statement lays out the provincial government’s spending priorities for the coming years and is developed around the following three themes: Protecting Our Progress Building Ontario Working for Workers Under the theme of “Protecting Our Progress”,… View Article

22 October 2021

Latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey Forecasts Worsening Credit Conditions ; Survey Also Shows Markets Have Ample Liquidity and Corporate Treasurers Have Ready Access to it New York, NY – Survey respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Sur-vey are modestly less optimistic about future credit conditions in the face of continuing covid-19 challenges and the… View Article

27 September 2021

“Global Recovery: Is Canada Risky Business?” Toronto, September 27, 2021 – The Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI) is pleased to host its annual signature event GRI Summit 2021: “Global Recovery: Is Canada Risky Business” that will address what recovery will look like for Canada, what it will mean for our financial sector, and… View Article

23 August 2021

GRI’s CEO, Sonia Baxendale is in the news today with an opinion piece speaking on GRI’s recent publication We Are on the Bell Lap: Top 5 Takeaways from the IPCC’s New Climate Science Report. Managing climate risk will be rewarded with better economic outcomes was published in today’s Global and Mail.  You can read the full… View Article