iA Financial Group congratulates Alain Bergeron, Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer, for his recognition through the Clean50 award as one of Canada’s top 50 Canadian leaders in sustainability.
Clean50 award recipients are selected from more than 1,000 nominations of leaders from many sectors of the Canadian economy who have made outstanding contributions to the clean economy over the previous two years.
“In the past few years, we’ve made significant advances in responsible investment and this recognition from Clean50 belongs to the whole iA team, from our youngest talents to the executive team and our Board of Directors. I am proud to be able to contribute, together with a great team of managers and investment professionals, to achieving our responsible investment ambitions, in order to delivers solid risk-adjusted returns in the long run, and in the process, advance the importance of a clean economy.”
- Alain Bergeron, Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer
Of note, Maggie Childe, Vice President, Head of Sustainable Investment for iAIM also received this recognition in 2021 and was later recruited by Alain Bergeron to fill this newly created strategic position on his team.
Concrete actions for a sustainable future
Sustainability is not a fad, it’s an essential condition of success for companies in the twenty-first century. The recent addition of four ESG (environmental, social and governance) segregated funds is a good illustration of iA Financial Group's commitment to sustainable development and is one more element among its many concrete actions in this direction.
- To read the Clean50 award press release, click here
- To learn more about the new segregated funds, click here
