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Pension Fiduciaries And Climate Change: A Canadian Perspective, Maziar Peihani
Pension Fiduciaries And Climate Change: A Canadian Perspective, Maziar Peihani
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Climate change has emerged as a major issue of financial risk for Canadian pension funds when determining where to place investments. The author argues that while such pension funds recognize climate change as an issue that holds the potential for significant financial risk, the funds’ current approach to climate-related risks faces critical limitations. The author identifies the current practices of the five largest pension funds in Canada when faced with climate-related financial risks, then discusses the key shortcomings in current practices among the pension funds in three main areas.
First, the author examines organizational governance, which seeks to understand investment …
Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility? Legislative Innovation And Judicial Application In China, Li-Wen Lin
Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility? Legislative Innovation And Judicial Application In China, Li-Wen Lin
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is often understood as voluntary corporate behavior beyond legal compliance. The recent emergence of CSR legislation is challenging this typical understanding. A number of countries including China, Indonesia and India have expressly stated in corporate law that companies shall undertake CSR. The CSR law is controversial. Critics of CSR see the law as an unwise effort to challenge profit maximization as the only social responsibility of the corporation. Even CSR advocates welcome the CSR law with great caution. Given the vague statutory language of CSR, the practical application of the law places high demands on the …