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Canadian Credit Unions and Effective Climate Governance
July 5, 2023
Canada Climate Law Initiative
ESG, Governance, Disclosure
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, directors of credit unions should recognize climate governance and management as a strategic issue within their institutions. This guide by CCLI emphasizes the importance of understanding directors' duties, cooperative principles, and the profound effects of extreme weather events on credit union members.
Canadian Credit Unions and Effective Climate Governance
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Finance Montréal
For nearly ten years, Finance Montréal, in partnership with several Québec universities, has been highlighting Canadian publicly traded companies that stand out for the quality of their sustainability reports. The initiative aims to recognize the efforts made to transparently disclose their environmental, social, and governance practices and impacts.
Since CIRI's last Backgrounder on this topic in February 2025, the pace of new developments in the area of ESG standards and regulatory disclosure has slowed. The most significant development has been the cessation of all progress by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission toward the development of climate disclosure rules for listed companies.
