
December 2022: State of the Fund
This has been a challenging year for many Canadians. We want to assure you that the Canada Pension Plan Fund is strong and the future value of your benefits remains solid.

What matters most in considering a private debt strategy
Andrew Edgell sat down for a candid conversation about investing in private debt.

How investor responsibilities can preserve social licence to operate in infrastructure
Why a focus on long-term outcomes and a multi-stakeholder approach to investing is a prerequisite to invest in the infrastructure asset class.

A new paradigm for sustainable investing
John Graham joined some of the world’s top investors to discuss how we’re actively investing in the whole economy transition.
Podcast: Transitioning to net zero: is your company ready? Lessons from applying the abatement capacity assessment framework
Hear more from Fraser Pearce, the Trafford Centre’s independent board chair, about the board’s experience utilizing the Framework to help inform the company’s path to net zero.

Rest assured, Canada Pension Plan is resilient despite today’s choppy markets
President & CEO John Graham explains in a Financial Post op-ed how CPP Investments’ resilience should reassure Canadians after this year’s volatility.

Why committing to net zero is like running a sub-two-hour marathon
I have committed to running a sub-2-hour marathon by 2025, after all, it has been proven humanly possible. You don’t believe I can do it? Would you be more likely to believe me if I shared my fastest time to...

Why CPP Investments is built for times like this
Yes, there are economic headwinds — and those headwinds will create opportunities for CPP Investments’ patient, long-term approach.
The new era of active investing
On June 23rd John Graham, President and CEO, appeared in front of the Canadian Club* audience to update Canadians on CPP Investments and its solid performance amid uncertain market conditions. John addressed how the Fund is navigating geopolitical events, inflation,...

Social licence and the infrastructure investor
Perhaps no asset class exemplifies what it means to be a long-term investor as well as infrastructure. Investing in companies that operate and maintain infrastructure provides institutional investors with indirect access to income from an asset that can be in...

Investing in the path to net zero
As the world moves toward net zero, we at CPP Investments aim to manage the investment risks and invest to capture and support value-creating opportunities that will arise as society works to remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the whole...

Financing a greener future
Meeting the complex challenge of climate change will require innovation across the global economy.

CPP Investments leaders present at Alberta Energy & Growth Forum
Recently, CPP Investments hosted the Alberta Energy & Growth Forum in Calgary featuring a line-up of industry leaders speaking about investment trends, innovation, and the future of the Canadian energy industry.

The Future of Climate Change Transition Reporting
It’s time to shift our focus from a top-down scientific view of what needs to be done across sectors, to a bottom-up view of what individual businesses can actually do today to abate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Massive disruption requires collective efforts
The world is navigating disruption on a massive scale, playing out on virtually every front. A dynamic geopolitical environment continues to increase complexity for global investors. The COVID-19 health crisis has upended daily life.

Hydrogen’s new moment
The universe’s most abundant element has long been considered a potential alternative to traditional forms of fuel. However, until now, the cost barriers associated with hydrogen production were too high to make it a viable zero-carbon fuel source.

Perspective: The Future of Work Means Embracing ‘FATE’
The pandemic has led to fundamental changes in how we think about work. Here’s how CPP Investments will approach this new era, according to John Graham, President & Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investments. The global workplace is on the...

Perspective: This Could Be a ‘Generational Opportunity’ for Infrastructure Investing
There’s “patient capital” ready to invest in U.S. infrastructure. Here’s what needs to happen first, according to John Graham, President & Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investments. The groundwork has been laid for a construction cycle whose scale and ambition...
Perspective: Investing for the Long Term
John Graham shared the Fund’s global outlook, approach to investing in the energy transition, and how CPP Investments will grow and diversify the Fund in the years to come, to help Canadians have a strong foundation of financial security in...

Investing to enable an economy-wide evolution to a low-carbon future
Most current initiatives to tackle the climate crisis do not address strategic sectors that are both essential and high emitting.

SuperApps dominate digital life in Asia. Will they do the same in other markets?
SuperApps are exerting an enormous disruptive force across the technology sector. For long-term investors, the emergence of any sector with such market clout and ability to scale is one to watch.

2021 Economic and Financial Outlook
The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic was the biggest global event of 2020 and will remain one of the most important considerations shaping the investment landscape for 2021 and beyond.

Women, COVID-19—and the threat to gender equity and diversity
The COVID-19 crisis has affected us all, but its impact on working women has been devastating. Within just a few months, female participation in Canada’s labour force plunged to its lowest level in 30 years, driven

Voices of Inclusion
CPP Investments recently spoke to a range of diversity and inclusion experts to find out how women were faring in the COVID-19 era workplace.

How COVID-19 is shaping the landscape for long-term investors
The world will be different after COVID-19. For long-term investors, this will mean both new risks and new opportunities as we transition to recovery.

From data to insights: unlocking the value of analytics
Enterprises are drowning in data, yet many of them struggle to extract insights from that data to deliver value. As the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning revolution intensifies, long-term investors must ensure the companies they back are seizing the opportunities...

Venture investing in the age of COVID—and beyond
Just like the rest of the investing world, venture capitalists have had to adjust to rapid change during the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes long-term investors, who are increasingly turning to early stage companies as a source of diversity for their...

BlackNorth CEO Pledge: a step toward ending anti-Black racism
The need to address systemic anti-Black racism and increase diversity and inclusion in Canadian businesses and boardrooms has risen on the corporate agenda.

Lessons from COVID-19 can help us respond to climate change
Climate change has slipped from view as an issue in recent months. For most of 2020, governments, first responders, businesses, and society have been consumed with the scourge of COVID-19. That is of course appropriate. At the same time, however,...

Climate Change: Invested in making better decisions
We’re evolving our approach from theoretical understanding to practical implementation to deliver value-building growth By CPP Investments staff Over the past decade, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has worked diligently to better understand the investment risks and...

Rest assured, Canada Pension Plan is resilient despite today’s choppy markets
President & CEO John Graham explains in a Financial Post op-ed how CPP Investments’ resilience should reassure Canadians after this year’s volatility.

What matters most in considering a private debt strategy
Andrew Edgell sat down for a candid conversation about investing in private debt.

December 2022: State of the Fund
This has been a challenging year for many Canadians. We want to assure you that the Canada Pension Plan Fund is strong and the future value of your benefits remains solid.

A new paradigm for sustainable investing
John Graham joined some of the world’s top investors to discuss how we’re actively investing in the whole economy transition.

Why CPP Investments is built for times like this
Yes, there are economic headwinds — and those headwinds will create opportunities for CPP Investments’ patient, long-term approach.
The new era of active investing
On June 23rd John Graham, President and CEO, appeared in front of the Canadian Club* audience to update Canadians on CPP Investments and its solid performance amid uncertain market conditions. John addressed how the Fund is navigating geopolitical events, inflation,...

CPP Investments leaders present at Alberta Energy & Growth Forum
Recently, CPP Investments hosted the Alberta Energy & Growth Forum in Calgary featuring a line-up of industry leaders speaking about investment trends, innovation, and the future of the Canadian energy industry.

Massive disruption requires collective efforts
The world is navigating disruption on a massive scale, playing out on virtually every front. A dynamic geopolitical environment continues to increase complexity for global investors. The COVID-19 health crisis has upended daily life.

Perspective: The Future of Work Means Embracing ‘FATE’
The pandemic has led to fundamental changes in how we think about work. Here’s how CPP Investments will approach this new era, according to John Graham, President & Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investments. The global workplace is on the...

Perspective: This Could Be a ‘Generational Opportunity’ for Infrastructure Investing
There’s “patient capital” ready to invest in U.S. infrastructure. Here’s what needs to happen first, according to John Graham, President & Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investments. The groundwork has been laid for a construction cycle whose scale and ambition...
Perspective: Investing for the Long Term
John Graham shared the Fund’s global outlook, approach to investing in the energy transition, and how CPP Investments will grow and diversify the Fund in the years to come, to help Canadians have a strong foundation of financial security in...
Podcast: Transitioning to net zero: is your company ready? Lessons from applying the abatement capacity assessment framework
Hear more from Fraser Pearce, the Trafford Centre’s independent board chair, about the board’s experience utilizing the Framework to help inform the company’s path to net zero.

Why committing to net zero is like running a sub-two-hour marathon
I have committed to running a sub-2-hour marathon by 2025, after all, it has been proven humanly possible. You don’t believe I can do it? Would you be more likely to believe me if I shared my fastest time to...

Investing in the path to net zero
As the world moves toward net zero, we at CPP Investments aim to manage the investment risks and invest to capture and support value-creating opportunities that will arise as society works to remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the whole...

Financing a greener future
Meeting the complex challenge of climate change will require innovation across the global economy.

The Future of Climate Change Transition Reporting
It’s time to shift our focus from a top-down scientific view of what needs to be done across sectors, to a bottom-up view of what individual businesses can actually do today to abate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Investing to enable an economy-wide evolution to a low-carbon future
Most current initiatives to tackle the climate crisis do not address strategic sectors that are both essential and high emitting.

Lessons from COVID-19 can help us respond to climate change
Climate change has slipped from view as an issue in recent months. For most of 2020, governments, first responders, businesses, and society have been consumed with the scourge of COVID-19. That is of course appropriate. At the same time, however,...

Climate Change: Invested in making better decisions
We’re evolving our approach from theoretical understanding to practical implementation to deliver value-building growth By CPP Investments staff Over the past decade, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has worked diligently to better understand the investment risks and...

Social licence and the infrastructure investor
Perhaps no asset class exemplifies what it means to be a long-term investor as well as infrastructure. Investing in companies that operate and maintain infrastructure provides institutional investors with indirect access to income from an asset that can be in...

How investor responsibilities can preserve social licence to operate in infrastructure
Why a focus on long-term outcomes and a multi-stakeholder approach to investing is a prerequisite to invest in the infrastructure asset class.

2021 Economic and Financial Outlook
The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic was the biggest global event of 2020 and will remain one of the most important considerations shaping the investment landscape for 2021 and beyond.

Women, COVID-19—and the threat to gender equity and diversity
The COVID-19 crisis has affected us all, but its impact on working women has been devastating. Within just a few months, female participation in Canada’s labour force plunged to its lowest level in 30 years, driven

Voices of Inclusion
CPP Investments recently spoke to a range of diversity and inclusion experts to find out how women were faring in the COVID-19 era workplace.

How COVID-19 is shaping the landscape for long-term investors
The world will be different after COVID-19. For long-term investors, this will mean both new risks and new opportunities as we transition to recovery.

Venture investing in the age of COVID—and beyond
Just like the rest of the investing world, venture capitalists have had to adjust to rapid change during the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes long-term investors, who are increasingly turning to early stage companies as a source of diversity for their...

Hydrogen’s new moment
The universe’s most abundant element has long been considered a potential alternative to traditional forms of fuel. However, until now, the cost barriers associated with hydrogen production were too high to make it a viable zero-carbon fuel source.

SuperApps dominate digital life in Asia. Will they do the same in other markets?
SuperApps are exerting an enormous disruptive force across the technology sector. For long-term investors, the emergence of any sector with such market clout and ability to scale is one to watch.

From data to insights: unlocking the value of analytics
Enterprises are drowning in data, yet many of them struggle to extract insights from that data to deliver value. As the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning revolution intensifies, long-term investors must ensure the companies they back are seizing the opportunities...