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Shaping the future of sustainable finance
Subscribe to our NewsletterThe Institute for Sustainable Finance is a multi-disciplinary network of research and professional development that brings together academia, the private sector, and government to shape Canada’s innovations in sustainable finance.
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Sustainable Investing - Virtual Program
Learn sustainable investing strategies that are transforming finance.
This program will provide the key components and considerations for sustainable investing and ESG assessment, including deeper dives into integrating ESG into securities selection and portfolio management processes, and best practices for stewardship and engagement.
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CSRD Briefing Note
How the EU’s sustainability reporting requirements will affect Canadian businesses and how Canadian policy makers should respond.
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Carbon Pricing: Necessary But Not Sufficient
Carbon prices around the world must rise quickly, and broader policies are needed to meet Paris targets and avoid the most severe costs associated with climate change, an ISF study finds.
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Canada’s Transition & Green Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance
As a Knowledge Partner for the Sustainable Finance Action Council’s taxonomy work, the ISF has created resources for understanding sustainable finance taxonomies and their development, and the importance of a Transition and Green Taxonomy for Canada.
What is Sustainable Finance?
The Canadian Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance defines it as: capital flows, risk management activities, and financial processes that assimilate environmental and social factors as a means of promoting sustainable economic growth and the long-term sustainability of the financial system.
In its simplest form, this means aligning our financial systems and services to promote long-term environmental sustainability and economic prosperity. Learn more about Sustainable Finance through our Primer Series.
Ryan Riordan, Distinguished Professor of Finance at Smith School of Business and director of research at the Institute for Sustainable Finance explains sustainable finance.
Newsblog
May 8, 2024
Video replay: TNFD Webinar Series, Part 2
The video replay is now available for the recent TNFD webinar hosted by ISF and CPA Canada, titled, “Identifying the ingredients for widespread adoption in Canada.” During the session we heard about the inspiration for early adopters of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), imperatives for the finance sector, potential challenges and roadblocks to adoption, how TNFD might interact with existing environmental reporting requirements, considerations for standards setters and regulators, the importance of incorporating Indigenous rights, and much more.
April 26, 2024
Nature degradation could cause a 12% loss to UK GDP: Green Finance Institute
"Damage to the natural environment is slowing the UK economy, and could lead to an estimated 12% reduction to GDP in the years ahead – larger than the hit to GDP from the global financial crisis or Covid-19," reports the Green Finance Institute, which uses at first-of-its-kind analysis that "quantifies the impact that nature degradation, both domestically and internationally, could have on the UK’s economy and financial sector."