VANCOUVER — Linda Coady, executive director of the Pembina Institute, was named to the inaugural Research Advisory Council of Queen’s University’s Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF) today.
The research council — composed of “leading practitioners and academics in sustainable finance research and innovation” — will help “ensure the ISF’s research priorities represent the most critical sustainable finance issues affecting Canadian and global business, government and civil society,” according to the ISF. Council members are from Canada’s biggest banks, the oil industry, pension board, academia and more. The full list of council members can be found here.
Quotes
“Capital markets will be critical in the effort to move from an emissions-intensive to a net-zero economy. Linda Coady has a long history of working collaboratively on sustainability, social responsibility and on frameworks for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, not only at Pembina Institute but with industry and academia as well. We offer congratulations to Linda and welcome her contribution to this important area of work.”
— Thomas Marr-Laing, chair of the board of directors, Pembina Institute
“As a new federal government strives to help limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and realize commitments to advance mandatory climate-related financial disclosures, issue billions of dollars worth of green bonds, and develop a net-zero capital allocation strategy, the expertise of the Institute for Sustainable Finance will be crucial. I am pleased to join this important council.”
— Linda Coady, executive director, Pembina Institute
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Contact
Sarah MacWhirter
Director, Communications, Pembina Institute
416-389-7465
Background
Report: Sustainable finance for a safe climate: Perspectives on mobilizing capital for a swift, resilient recovery
Report: All Hands on Deck: An assessment of provincial, territorial and federal readiness to deliver a safe climate
Report: How to Get Net-Zero Right: Principles, tools and steps for safe, inclusive net-zero pathways
