Top Canada Pension Funds Ask for Better ESG Disclosure

Mark Machin, chief executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
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The heads of eight large Canadian pension fundsBloomberg Terminal are pleading with companies to improve their environmental, social and governance disclosure by giving investors “consistent and complete” data.

The leaders backing the initiative include the chiefs of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and PSP Investments, which manages the pensions of federal government employees and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.