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

11 August 2021

 Toronto, August 11, 2021 – The financial sector should move quickly to seize opportunities opening up to finance the economy of a greener tomorrow, the Global Risk Institute says in response to the report Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, published August 9 by the United Nations working group Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change… View Article

9 August 2021

“Now is the time for Canada to come together across government, industry and academia and punch above our weight,” says GRI President and CEO Sonia Baxendale in response to the IPCC’s latest report which sent a shot across the bow for humanity on the state of the climate.  https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ “Industry must pick up the pace…. View Article

29 July 2021

Call for Abstracts (to lead to articles to be published in a special issue of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques) Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques seeks abstracts for papers for one and possibly two special issues to be sponsored by the Global Risk Institute. The topic is “Retirement, Longevity, Pensions and Long-term Care” and would… View Article

29 July 2021

  GRI is a proud supporter of Canada’s bid to host the global headquarters for a new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) as announced in a letter from the Deputy Prime Minister to the IFRS Foundation. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/financial-sector-policy/letter-from-deputy-prime-minister-chair-board-trustees-ifrs-foundation.html   As one of approximately 60 leading Canadian firms behind the proposal, GRI is committed to global standard… View Article

15 July 2021

Default Fears Fade Globally in Latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey as Government Stimulus Floods Economy; Inflation Remains Major Concern; Temporary Price Increases or Structural Change? New York, NY – The wall of government stimulus that has flooded markets and the economy has significantly reduced fears of credit defaults globally, according to the latest IACPM Credit… View Article