Public Policy & Standards
Changing the public policy and standards landscape can improve corporate performance across an array of environmental, social and governance areas. The following submissions are part of our efforts to push for systemic change in how business approaches and manages environmental, social and governance issues.
- Submissions
- 2013
- 2012
Multi-Stakeholder Group Statement on the Challenge to Conflict Minerals Rule November 19, 2012 - signatory
- Toronto Stock Exchange: Amendments to the TSX Company Manual – Director Elections November 5, 2012
- Equator Principles Association: Equator Principles III Update October 12, 2012
- United States Securities and Exchange Commission: Issuance of Final Rule on Conflict Minerals Due Diligence and Reporting August 22, 2012 - signatory
- Canadian Securities Administrators: Consultation Paper 25-401: Potential Regulation of Proxy Advisory Firms August 15, 2012
- World Gold Council: Conflict-Free Gold Standard June 29, 2012
- UN Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises: Forum on Business and Human Rights April 26 2012
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Report on Business and Human Rights and the UN System March 26, 2012
- Minister of the Environment, Government of Canada / Minister of Environment and Water, Government of Alberta: Implementation Plan for a World-Class Monitoring System for the Oil Sands Region March 26, 2012 - collaborative initiative
- 2011
- United Nations Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises: Work Program December 8, 2011
- Prime Minister of Canada: Canadian Investor Statement on Transparency in the Extractive Industries November 25, 2011 – collaborative initiative
- World Gold Council: Conflict-Free Gold Standards September 1, 2011
- Minister of the Environment, Government of Canada / Minister of Environment, Government of Alberta: Implementation of a World-Class Monitoring System for the Oil Sands Region August 31, 2011 – collaborative initiative
- Alberta Land Use Secretariat: Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan June 28, 2011
- Alberta Environmental Monitoring Panel: World-Class Environmental Monitoring for the Oil Sands Region May 31, 2011 – collaborative initiative
- Investor Statement in Support of the Guiding Principles on Business &
Human Rights
May 23, 2011 – signatory
- Ontario Securities Commission: Staff Notice 54-701 Regulatory Developments Regarding Shareholder Democracy Issues March 31, 2011 - Principles for Responsible Investment collaborative initiative
- Ontario Securities Commission: Staff Notice 54-701 Regulatory Developments Regarding Shareholder Democracy Issues March 30, 2011
- United States Securities and Exchange Commission: Conflict Minerals Proposed Rules March 2, 2011
- International Finance Corporation: Performance Standards Review and Update March 1, 2011
- UN Special Representative for Business and Human Rights: Guiding Principles for "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework January 31, 2011
- Canadian Securities Administrators: Statement of Executive Compensation January 17, 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006