A Proud Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) Investor

As a long-term investor, incorporating ESG considerations into our approach is an essential part of who we are and what we do. With a mandate to grow the value of our clients’ funds, assessing and managing investment risk, including ESG risk, is an integral part of how we meet our responsibility.

Our clients share our belief that companies who employ robust environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices are better positioned to generate long-term value than similar companies with less-favourable practices.

We are guided by our ESG beliefs and our ESG principles, which together, create consistency across asset classes and act as a compass that guides all aspects of our strategy – a strategy which is comprised of four key components and represents our corporate-wide approach.

Integrate

We integrate ESG analysis and risk management in all investment processes, from supporting clients’ asset allocation decisions to individual investment decisions within our portfolios.

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CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

Influence

Through engagement and advocacy, we apply our influence on companies in which we invest, our partners, and other participants in capital markets.

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PROXY VOTING  |  DIRECT & COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENTS |  POLICY ADVOCACY

Invest

We actively seek opportunities to invest in ESG-themed investments that contribute to improved long-term outcomes for clients and reinforce our investment beliefs.

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Insight

We use our learnings across all ESG activities, as well as our understanding of emerging trends, to generate insights that help us continuously adapt and improve our strategies, processes, and approaches.
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BCI’S ESG PRINCIPLES
Our ESG principles elaborate on what we do to put our beliefs into action. Together, they create consistency across asset classes and act as a compass that guides all aspects of our strategy.

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OUR PRI INVOLVEMENT
As a founding signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), BCI promotes the acceptance and implementation of responsible investing within the industry.

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ESG STRATEGY

BCI’s ESG Strategy demonstrates our integrated and consistent approach to ESG across the corporation. Built upon our longstanding approach to responsible investing, the ESG strategy comprises four key components: integrate, influence, invest, and insight.
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

BCI’s Climate Action Plan and Approach to the TCFD Recommendations supports our primary mandate to grow the value of our clients’ funds.

ESG Annual Report

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An annual overview of our approach to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters, our activities, and our progress.

ESG Engagement in Public Markets

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This document outlines Public Markets’ engagement approach; priorities; objectives; and processes and should be read in tandem with BCI’s Proxy Voting Guidelines.

Proxy Voting Guideline

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These guidelines set out our main beliefs on governance, as well as common proposals on environmental and social risk and outline how we intend to vote on certain issues.