Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health
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Working to protect pensions & the climate by bringing together beneficiaries & their pension funds to engage on the climate crisis. Project of Makeway. www.shiftaction.ca
Amidst a summer of dangerous climate impacts that are causing mounting economic losses around the world, climate-smart investors are reminding their peers that “#climaterisk is investment risk.” www.ft.com/content/33a7...
How long can big investors ignore climate risk?
Shift of funds from a US asset manager to a European one highlights the divergence
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Over the past month, Ontario public sector workers struggled with wildfires, smoke, evacuations and floods – while their pension manager helped lock in a new gas plant. Most pension beneficiaries don't know about the connection between our retirement savings and new fossil fuel infrastructure. 🧵
As wildfires tear through Europe, the CEO of MSCI says investors who ignore the risks climate change poses to asset values “only have yourself to blame”. #PensionFunds #ClimateFinance
MSCI CEO Tells Investors Ignoring Climate Risk, ‘You Only Have Yourself to Blame’
As temperatures continue their relentless rise, most investors are still ignoring the impact of a hotter planet on asset values, according to Henry Fernandez, the chief executive of MSCI Inc.
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Some of the world's biggest pension managers are analyzing how their portfolios will perform against climate tipping points – critical thresholds in the Earth’s natural systems which, if breached, could result in abrupt, dangerous & irreversible damage. #cdnpoli
Pension Funds Try to Come to Grips With the Scariest Global Warming Scenario
Institutional investors are trying to figure out what it would mean for their portfolios if continually rising temperatures trigger what JPMorgan Chase & Co. is calling “climate black swan risks.”
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As Canadians suffer through another summer of heatwaves, wildfires and floods, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board decided to showcase how it’s investing in the primary cause of the climate crisis – #fossilfuels. Read our analysis. #cdnpoli
CPPIB spotlights oil and gas expansion – again – as Canadians suffer through climate impacts — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
As more and more Canadians are experiencing the worsening impacts of climate change first-hand, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) decided – once again – to showcase how it’s investing o...
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Canada doesn't need faster approvals at the expense of nature, Indigenous rights and public trust. Tell the federal government to reject the biggest rollback of environmental laws in a generation and strengthen – not weaken – environmental protections.
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Should public money be used to try to make risky LNG projects seem more attractive to pension funds? Tell Export Development Canada: don't use taxpayer-backed financing to de-risk LNG or pave the way for risky pension investments. #ClimateAction #Pensions #ResponsibleInvestment
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Ontario energy procurement: Battery Storage 3, Gas Plants 0 #ClimateFinance #PensionFunds #RenewableEnergy
Why Ontario’s big move to battery storage has observers saying ‘gas plants aren’t competitive anymore’
Climate-friendly technologies are advancing so quickly contract prices in Ontario have dropped from over $1,100 per megawatt in 2023 to $563 now.
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is financing four liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals – and signalling there could be more to come – despite the industry bringing worsening climate damage and escalating financial risks to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). #cdnpoli
CPPIB is financing four LNG terminals — and may risk even more
LNG investments are particularly short-sighted for pension funds, which are mandated to invest for the long-term and are distinctly exposed to systemic climate risks.
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Pension funds mustn’t fall for the government’s sales pitch – LNG is not in our best interests. Read more in Shift’s newsletter: www.shiftaction.ca/news/2026061...
Climate Pension Quarterly - Issue #20 — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
In this Climate Pension Quarterly, we examine the the risks posed by potential LNG investment and why the pension executives entrusted to manage our retirement savings need to recognize that the fun...
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As Carney attempts to fast-track dirty gas megaprojects, First Nations leaders have a warning: Any investors in LNG Canada will be complicit in grave violations of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, title and sovereignty. 📣 Listen to Hereditary Chief Na’Moks’ powerful message for financiers. 📣 #GreenSky
🚨 Canada’s largest pension funds are facing pressure from the federal government to finance risky LNG projects that would worsen the climate crisis and undermine their own members’ retirement security. Working and retired pension plan members are speaking out.
Pension Beneficiaries Fear Funds Will Pour Retirement Savings Into LNG
As Ottawa looks to pension funds to finance major energy projects and LNG Canada moves to double production in Kitimat, beneficiaries warn their retirement savings could become their “biggest contribu...
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LNG exports may expose Canada and BC to legal risk - yet another reason for Canadian pension funds to rule out financing these risky projects. Read the full article from Zoë Yunker in The Tyee. Send a letter to your pension fund: www.shiftaction.ca/news/2026/3/...
LNG Exports May Expose BC to Legal Risk | The Tyee
A growing body of climate lawsuits poses a threat to oil and gas aims of the province and Canada, a new report suggests.
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Bloomberg columnist Javier Blas writes that global LNG supply could more than double in the coming decades. Pension managers should be wary of buying high and selling low. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
An LNG Glut Is On Its Way
Get ready for a glut of liquefied natural gas.
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Breaking: A new climate-conflicted director has been appointed to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which manages nearly $800B in Canadians’ retirement savings.
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Ottawa warned public funding for LNG and fossil fuel projects could trigger Charter challenges www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/21/n...
Ottawa warned public funding for LNG and fossil fuel projects could trigger Charter challenges
The next legal battle over LNG may not be about whether a project gets approved but whether governments can use public money to help it move ahead.
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Quebec’s pension manager says it has made almost $4 billion more over the last eight years by pivoting from oil and coal to renewables – a reminder that managing climate risk makes good finance sense. #cdnpoli #polpc
La Caisse’s oil exit pays off as renewables portfolio pulls ahead of fossil fuels - Top1000funds.com
Divesting from the oil sector has been a boon for La Caisse’s performance, as the Canadian pension giant says its energy investments have earned billions in value-add compared to the benchmark since t...
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🚨 CPPIB’s annual report was a missed opportunity to reassure Canadians that it has a credible climate plan. Instead: ❌ No climate strategy ❌ Weak disclosures ❌ No mention of the climate risk lawsuit it is facing Meanwhile, our national pension fund is still financing fossil fuel expansion.
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22 million Canadians pay into the #CanadaPensionPlan (CPP). Billions from our national pension fund are still invested in fossil fuels. Our pensions should protect our future — not fuel the climate crisis. #FossilFreeCPP #Climate #cdnpoli
Your pension is invested across the economy – so climate disasters can affect retirement savings too. Wildfires, floods and heatwaves are creating growing financial risks. Our 2025 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card Summary shows how pension funds are responding: www.shiftaction.ca/s/Shift-2025...
Last summer, nearly 1,000 Canadians spoke up on fossil fuel entanglements at Canada’s largest pension plans. Since our June 2025 report Entrenched Interests was released, 3 new board members have been appointed to the Canada Pension Plan — none tied to fossil fuels. Public pressure works. #cdnpoli
Report – Entrenched Interests — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health’s January 2025 report, Gaslighting the Energy Transition, reveals the exposure of Canadian pension funds to significant financial risks through their...
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One of Canada’s largest pensions has given a significant signal that, despite the political noise, the long-term momentum is moving away from fossil fuels.
La Caisse, which manages Quebec’s public pension fund, put out its Sustainable Investing Report last month. We couldn’t help but contrast La Caisse’s approach with that of our national pension manager, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
While the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP)'s new climate strategy includes some positive steps, it abandons OTPP’s previous climate ambition and leadership, and leaves the door open to new gas investments. #cdnpoli #onpoli
OTPP’s flawed climate strategy would allow new gas investments
As Canada's largest pension funds grapple with escalating climate-related financial risks, Patrick DeRochie, senior manager at Shift Action argues that Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP)’s new clim...
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📉 This week’s Canada Pension Plan Climate Update 🌍 During the recent Canada Pension Plan Investment Board appearance at the Globe and Mail’s Intersect 26 event, CEO John Graham said the fund has been “steadfast” in its support for the oil and gas sector. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
CPPIB’s John Graham says pension fund ‘open for business’ to invest in defence sector
Canada’s largest pension fund is ‘curious’ to explore new options for investing domestically, CEO says
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According to former Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna, our pension funds continue to invest our hard-earned retirement savings in oil & gas companies that are “taking us for fools” and putting the economy & environment at risk. #cdnpoli
Former minister Catherine McKenna blasts the heads of Canadian oil companies
MONTRÉAL — Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says the leaders of Canada’s oil industry are figures close to American President Donald Trump who are “taking us for fools” and putting both t...
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🧓👊 It’s no surprise to us that seniors are climate activists! Since Shift first started talking to Canadians about the connections between climate change and financial risk, we’ve been inspired by retired teachers, healthcare professionals, public servants, municipal employees and more.
The disastrous war in the Middle East is driving global acknowledgement that relying on imported LNG is both costly & detrimental to energy security. The economics of imported LNG will doom its future as an integral part of the global energy system. powering-the-planet.ghost.io/the-simple-m...
The Simple Math of the Death of LNG
Imagine you wanted to buy a new car. Now imagine that you have a choice of two cars that are identical except one of the cars requires you to buy expensive fuel to run it and the other runs on free f...
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The federal government is pressuring the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to invest in high-risk fossil fuel projects that would damage the climate, violate Indigenous rights and put our pensions at risk. #cdnpoli www.shiftaction.ca/news/2026/3/...
The federal government is pressuring your pension fund to invest in LNG and pipelines — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Your pension fund is facing pressure from the federal government to finance so-called major projects “in the national interest”. Several of these projects include risky new fossil fuel infrastructure ...
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