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Sustainable investing

Driving positive change in your wealth and the world

Since 1926, IG Wealth Management has been developing innovative ways to responsibly invest our clients’ capital in order to maximize their investment returns. Today, responsibly investing to achieve your long-term financial goals includes integrating sustainable investment principles in order to generate positive outcomes for your portfolio and the world around us – now and for future generations.

How we define sustainable investing

We define sustainable investing as an investment approach that combines material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors with traditional financial analysis and active ownership. This approach reduces investment risk while enhancing long-term outcomes for both our clients and the world around us. There are several other investing strategies and products that fall under the sustainable investing umbrella. While some terms are used interchangeably, it helps to remember that we are focused on a broader investment approach that isn’t limited to investing in a specific product.

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Our commitment to sustainable investing is guided by five core principles

Number1

Active PRI signatory

IG Wealth Management and our asset managers must be signatories of Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

Number2

Avoid cluster munitions

Our asset managers will not knowingly invest in companies involved in the production, use or distribution of anti-personnel land mines or cluster munitions.

Number3

ESG integration

We require our asset managers to assess material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment analysis and decision-making, to better understand risks and identify opportunities that maximize investment performance.

Number4

Active ownership

We expect our asset managers to be active owners through proxy voting and engagement, to influence and improve company ESG behaviour.

Number5

Collaboration efforts

We and our asset managers collaborate with like-minded organizations in order to promote and advance the sustainable investing landscape.

We exclusively partner with leading global asset managers who share our commitment to sustainable investing. Explore how they affect change through ESG integration, active ownership and collaboration.

IGM & IG Wealth Management commitments for a more sustainable future

Corporate Knights

IGM named 29th in Corporate Knights' Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations, and 1st in the investment services sector in 2021.

Building lives for tomorrow

United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Signatory since 2014

Responsible Investment Association (RIA) of Canada

Member since 2017

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Signatory since 2019

Climate Action 100+

Signatory since 2021

Climate Action 100+ website

Ceres Investor Network

Member since 2022

As a supplement to our holistic sustainable investing approach, if you are seeking specific thematic or impact investments – please speak with an IG advisor to explore our offerings.

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