Learn how to integrate ESG factors into your DC investment processes
Many DC plan sponsors are exploring how to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their plan designs, governance and operation. Member demand, societal expectations, economic realities and innovations in fund options are creating opportunities to update governance policies, investment beliefs and design strategies around ESG considerations.
“Sustainable investing is about finance-driven, long-term strategies, that integrate ESG information and effective stewardship while considering real-world impact.”
Marie-Josée Vandal | WTW
This webcast hosted by David Morton presents three perspectives for DC plan sponsors.
The session begins with an overview of investment and governance trends in Canada and the United States with senior Canadian WTW investment consultants Marie-Josée Vandal and Donclarte Dontsi and Nimisha Srivastava, Head of Investments for North America. Then, WTW’s Karen Burnett interviews Helen Ashton, VP, HR at Campbell's Company of Canada on their experience introducing ESG fund options into their group retirement program. The webcast concludes with a panel discussion on insurer developments in integrating ESG factors into their investment processes and platforms featuring:
Through this multi-faceted approach, we share practical approaches to meeting the increasing expectations of plan members and others for their retirement programs to reflect their individual and social beliefs.
