Church Investments
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1754
- Date
- 1975 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 88
- Mover
- Rt. Rev. T.D.B. Ragg
- Seconder
- Rev. Canon J. McCullum
- Text
- "That this General Synod request of its Committees and of Diocesan and Parish Committees, in consultation with the Unit on Public Social Responsibility to determine if any of their investments are in Banks or Corporations that trade with or have investments in South Africa and request the Committees to make available their proxies to the Public Social Responsibility Unit and to receive recommendations from it about further possible actions."
- CARRIED Act 88
- Subjects
- Economic sanctions - South Africa
- Economic sanctions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Investments - Moral and ethical aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Public Social Responsibility Unit
Corporate Social Responsibility
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official4495
- Date
- 1973 February 6-8
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1973 February 6-8
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Smith
- Seconder
- Gault
- Prologue
- A small task group of representatives of Program, Long Range Planning and A&F Committees had met as requested by NEC (November 1972), and recommended:
- a) That the issue of the Church and Corporate Social Responsibility should go to General Synod 1973;
- b) that the recommendations, as revised, should be presented as resolutions to General Synod;
- c) that the Brian Fraser paper should go as a resource accompanying the resolutions to General Synod (the Chairman of the A&F Committee dissenting).
- Mr. Raymond, on behalf of the Program Committee, presented its recommendations.
- Resolution I
- That General Synod authorize the Program Committee to establish a unit on corporate social responsibility, with membership approved by National Executive Council, which would -
- A. Be responsible for developing programs and policies reflecting the Church's view with respect to corporate policies and practices including the following areas:
- (i) the problem of environment, eg. pollution;
- (ii) the pursuit of justice and amelioration of racism in world development;
- (iii) support of just and equitable national development;
- (iv) the reduction of armaments production;
- (v) equality for minority and oppressed groups;
- (vi) adequate housing, health and welfare.
- B. Be authorized to receive proxy and corporate statements and to examine these in the light of the Church's concern in the above areas.
- C. Be authorized to consult corporate management, to attend and represent the General Synod at shareholders' meetings, and to vote the shares in the name of the Synod.
- D. Attempt to engage other concerned groups - dioceses, institutions and other churches - in exploring joint research, strategy and action.
- E. Be required to report regularly to the NEC and General Synod, through the Program Committee.
- Resolution II
- That the action of General Synod in establishing a unit on corporate social responsibility, and resources on this subject, be made available to dioceses, parishes, interested persons, for their study and consideration.
- On behalf of the A&F Committee, Mr. Donald requested that Resolution I be amended to read:
- "That General Synod authorize the National Executive Council to establish a unit on social responsibility, which would -
- A. Be responsible for developing criteria, policies and programs reflecting the Church's view on social problems, including those in the following areas:
- (i) environment, eg. pollution;
- (ii) justice and amelioration of racism in world development;
- (iii) just and equitable national development;
- (iv) establishing and maintaining equality of opportunity and treatment for minority and opporessed groups;
- (v) lack of adequate housing, health and welfare;
- (vi) control of armament production.
- B.(1) Be authorized to consult with corporate directors and officers, to attend and represent General Synod at shareholders' meetings, and to vote the shares in the name of the Synod.
- (2) Be authorized to consult with government and union authorities, and any other interested bodies or persons, in order to achieve its objectives.
- C. Join with other concerned groups - dioceses, institutions, and other churches - in exploring joint research, strategy and action.
- D. Be authorized to take other action such as publicity, in consultation with the Primate, of its position as seems appropriate.
- E. Report regularly to NEC."
- He also requested that Resolution II be amended to read:
- "That the action of General Synod in establishing a unit on social responsibility, and resources on this subject, be made available to dioceses, parishes, interested persons, for their study and consideration."
- Moved by Smith, seconded by Owen,
- That Item D. of the amendment be added to Resolution I as presented by the Program Committee. CARRIED
- Moved by Smith, seconded by Davis,
- That Resolutions I and II, presented by the Administration and Finance Committee, be substituted. CARRIED
- Moved by Smith, seconded by Brown,
- That the word "Corporate" be deleted from the title. CARRIED
- Moved by Scott, seconded by Gibson,
- That the word "Public" be inserted in the title. CARRIED
- Text
- That NEC adopt the report of the Program Committee entitled "The Church and Corporate Social Responsibility," and accepts the amendments proposed by the A&F Committee in its report thereon, and that this report, as amended, form part of its report to General Synod. CARRIED
- Notes
- NB - In line with the two former motions, the title of the report was changed to "The Church and Public Social Responsibility."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Public Social Responsibility Unit
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
- Corporate social responsibility - Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Program Committee
Corporate Social Responsibility
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official4497
- Date
- 1973 February 6-8
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1973 February 6-8
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Scovil
- Seconder
- Goodings
- Prologue
- During the concluding session of the meeting, the Primate suggested that possibly the NEC might wish to associate itself with actions taken by PECUSA in regard to Corporate Social Responsibility.
- Text
- That this NEC hear, for information, the action of the Episcopal Church. CARRIED
- Notes
- Mr. Anthony spoke of the resolutions on Southern Africa filed with twelve U.S. based corporations by a coalition of six denominations in the U.S.A. These proxy resolutions are information (disclosure) requests from the corporations about the nature of their activities in South Africa and Angola where racist, colonial, white regimes rely on police and military powers to maintain themselves. The intention is to raise public awareness of such corporations' involvement in racially troubled areas. The NWP [National World Program] Division feels that it is extremely important and a significant function on the part of Church agencies to exercise their proxy votes in support of these resolutions. It was noted that the Anglican Church of Canada has holdings in four of these U.S. based corporations: IBM, Xerox, Kodak and Exxon.
- Reference was made also to the motion approved by the Central Committee of the WCC, supporting this kind of activity and requesting its member Churches, Christian agencies and individual Christians outside Southern Africa to use all their influence, including stockholder action and disinvestment, to press corporations to withdraw investments from and cease trading with South Africa, the Portuguese territories and Rhodesia.
- Subjects
- Corporate divestiture - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Corporate divestiture - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
- South Africa - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- South Africa - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Economic sanctions - South Africa
- Angola - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Angola - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Anthony, Tom (Thomas Murray)
Corporate Social Responsibility
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official4550
- Date
- 1972 November 8-10
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1972 November 8-10
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Smith
- Seconder
- Soward
- Prologue
- On behalf of the Administration and Finance Committee, Mr. Donald presented the following resolution passed at its recent meeting:
- "That the Administration and Finance Committee, after due consideration, strongly disagrees with the report 'The Church and Corporate Social Responsibility' and related resolutions, as they are drafted, and recommends to National Executive Council that the report not be forwarded to General Synod, the dioceses and the parishes as proposed, and that the report and recommendations be referred back to the Program and Long Range Planning Committees for further study, in co-operation with the Administration and Finance Committee, and a later report to the NEC."
- Reference was also made at this point to the Recommendations of the Program Committee on this subject (see Program Committee report).
- In view of the wide-ranging discussion which ensued, the following motion was presented.
- Text
- That the report and recommendations presented to the NEC by the Program Committee for information under the heading of "The Church and Corporate Social Responsibility" be referred back to the Program and Long Range Planning Committees for further study in consultation with the Administration and Finance Committee and that a later report be made to the NEC. CARRIED
Curb mining abuses, say church leaders
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article34586
- Author
- Babych, Art
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2007 June - July
- Author
- Babych, Art
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2007 June - July
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
- 6
- Page
- 9
- Notes
- Bishop Sue Moxley spoke at a news conference in Ottawa as part of a delegation of church leaders and activists who want the federal government to adopt recommendations on the global impact of Canadian mining operations.
- Subjects
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
- Mines and mineral resources - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Moxley, Sue (Susan Elisabeth), 1946-
- Kairos
Ecojustice Committee Resolution #005-04-05-11 : Socially Responsible Investment
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- Date
- 2005 November 17-20
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 22-11-05
- Date
- 2005 November 17-20
- Record Type
- Resolution 22-11-05
- Mover
- Bishop Sue Moxley
- Seconder
- Ms. Catherine Torraville
- Text
- That the Council of General Synod commend the following to the Eco-Justice Committee for action, implementation, and report back to the Council at its May 2006 meeting:
- i) Eco-Justice request KAIROS to research the activities of companies believed to be contributing to ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine, as well as companies contributing to ongoing peace and economic stability in the region;
- ii) That, in light of KAIROS findings, Eco-Justice, with the FMD [Financial Management and Development] Investment Sub-committee, continue to explore a range of socially responsible investment strategies, including corporate engagement and positive investment or divestment;
- iii) That suggested strategies be recommended to the Council of General Synod, the Pensions Committee, the Board of PWRDF, and the Directors of the Anglican Foundation, for consideration and any appropriate action. CARRIED #22-11-05
- Subjects
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
- Corporate social responsibility - Canada
- Disinvestment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Investments - Moral and ethical aspects
- Investments - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Israel - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Eco-Justice Committee
- Anglican Church of Canada. Financial Management and Development Committee. Investment Sub-Committee
- KAIROS : Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
Ethical investment: 'not just avoiding the bad'
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article40073
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 3
- Notes
- Edward Mason, a leader in the Church of England's ethical investing, visited the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada in late September 2014. Peter Chapman, executive director of Shareholders Association for Research and Education (SHARE), coordinated the visit. SHARE took over the church's interest in ethical investing after the ecumenical Task Force on Churches and Corporate Responsibility (TCCR) ... fell apart following the formation in 2001 of ... Kairos Canada, whose mandate didn't include the kind of work done by the task force". The Church of England has three national investing bodies, Mason explained. He is head of responsible investing for the largest of them, the Church Commissioners for England, the church's endowment. ... there is about 9 billion [pounds sterling] of central Church of England money that is managed with a common investment policy". "'There's still a tendency to think of church ethical investment as avoiding the bad stuff, and that is important, but it is kind of a hygiene factor', Mason said ... 'We think now that the most interesting thing is who you do invest in and how those investments can be part of the witness and mission of the church'." "'We don't expect perfection', Mason said, 'but we expect a positive direction of travel and a willingness and desire to make that positive journey. So with BP [British Petroleum after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill], it was reforming their safety procedures, which they put a huge amount of effort into'."
- Subjects
- Investments - Moral and ethical aspects - Church of England
- Investments - Moral and ethical aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Corporate social responsibility - Church of England
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
- Mason, Edward
- Church of England. Ethical Investment Advisory Group
- Chapman, Peter
- SHARE (Shareholder Association for Research and Education)
- Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility (TCCR)
Failure to sanction Talisman criticized
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article27476
- Author
- Blair, Kathy
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2000 April
- Author
- Blair, Kathy
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2000 April
- Volume
- 126
- Issue
- 4
- Page
- 10
- Notes
- Aid agencies are angry the federal government has failed to sanction Talisman Energy Inc. for its oil drilling operations in Sudan.
- Meanwhile a number of NGOs are leaving the Sudan.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
- Bastos, Zaida
- Talisman Energy Inc.
- Harker, John
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
- Sudan - Politics and government - 1985-
Financial Management and Development Committee Report #007-04-05-05 : Statement of Investment Policy and Goals
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official9071
- Date
- 2005 May 6 - 8
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 06-05-05
- Date
- 2005 May 6 - 8
- Record Type
- Resolution 06-05-05
- Mover
- Mrs. Betty Livingston
- Seconder
- Mrs. Judy Darling
- Text
- That the Statement of Investment Policy and Goals, as revised April 22, 2005, be approved, reported to the May 2005 COGS meeting and submitted to General Synod in 2007 for confirmation (document reference #007-06-05-05.)
- Friendly amendment
- The mover and seconder agreed to delete the words "reported to the May 2005 COGS meeting"
- The amended motion now reads:
- That the Statement of Investment Policy and Goals, as revised April 22, 2005, be approved and submitted to General Synod in 2007 for confirmation (document reference #007-06-05-05.) CARRIED #06-05-05
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Financial Management and Development Committee
- Investments - Canada
- Investments - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada
Highlights from June 2018 meeting of Council of the General Synod
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article41888
- Author
- Journal Staff
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 September
- Author
- Journal Staff
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 September
- Volume
- 144
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 1, 8
- Notes
- "'I have called you by name' has been chosen as the theme for General Synod 2019" (p. 1). "A commission is to be formed that will find ways of funding the self-determining Indigenous Anglican Church -- including possibly a tithe on sales of church property. The commission would also look at how compensation for Indigenous clergy, a high proportion of whom are unpaid, might be brought closer to the salary levels of other clergy in the church, according to a resolution passed at CoGS June 1 [2018]" (p. 8). "The Anglican Journal's print edition may be discontinued after three years and its mandate clarified and changed under scenarios now being considered by a working group tasked with reviewing the newspaper and its role in the national communications strategy" (p. 8). "The working group is proposing that the Journal continue to be delivered in print to all dioceses that still produce a print edition of their diocesan paper. The policy would remain in place for three years" (p. 8). CoGS received a report from the responsible investing task force, established following the 2016 General Synod. The guidelines offer "seven recommendations, including active ownership strategies (encouraging companies in which funds are invested to improve their environmental, social and government [ESG] practices for example); impact investing in companies that would further goals such as a low-carbon economy and the development of Indigenous business; and selecting fund managers with a view to ESG policies" (p. 8).
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (42nd : 2019 : Vancouver, B.C.) - Theme
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council of General Synod - Resolutions
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous clergy - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Salaries, etc.
- Anglican Journal - Publication and distribution - Anglican Church of Canada
- Electronic newspapers - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Electronic publishing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Editorial independence
- Investments - Moral and ethical aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Corporate social responsibility - Anglican Church of Canada