Federal lawmakers back call to force banks, insurers and pension funds to follow climate-friendly investment rules

  • 📰 TorontoStar
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 43 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 55%

Switzerland Nachrichten Nachrichten

Switzerland Neuesten Nachrichten,Switzerland Schlagzeilen

Private member’s motion comes amid growing calls for “climate-aligned” finance rules aimed at keeping Canada on track to meet carbon reduction targets.

A cross-party group of federal lawmakers is backing a call for climate-focused rules on how Canada’s banks, insurers and pension funds invest their money.

Turnbull held a joint news conference on Thursday, along with MPs from the NDP, Green and Bloc Québécois parties, to highlight a private member’s motioncalling for the government to use “all legislative and regulatory tools at its disposal to align Canada’s financial system with the Paris Agreement.”

But alongside those incentives for green investment, there have also been growing calls for rules aimed at Canada’s financial system. On Thursday, the MPs were joined by Sen. Rosa Galvez, who introduced the Climate-Aligned Finance Act in the Senate last year. But that bill has been stalled at the second-reading stage despiteCAFA would, among other things, impose new climate disclosure rules and require banks and other federally regulated institutions to develop transparent plans to meet federal emissions targets.

Wir haben diese Nachrichten zusammengefasst, damit Sie sie schnell lesen können. Wenn Sie sich für die Nachrichten interessieren, können Sie den vollständigen Text hier lesen. Weiterlesen:

 /  🏆 60. in CH
 

Vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar.Ihr Kommentar wird nach Prüfung veröffentlicht.

Switzerland Neuesten Nachrichten, Switzerland Schlagzeilen

Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.

Top finance official defends Infrastructure Bank from accusations of ‘cosiness’ with private consultantsOpposition MPs questioned deputy finance minister Michael Sabia in committee about the role consulting firm McKinsey & Company had in the infrastructure bank's creation.
Herkunft: TheHillTimes - 🏆 11. / 79 Weiterlesen »