Shift’s new report, Gaslighting the Energy Transition, reveals how Canada’s largest pension funds have billions invested in private gas utility companies around the world, putting the climate and our retirement savings at risk. Shift found that nine of Canada’s largest pension managers are co-owners of 22 private gas companies that operate nearly 350,000 kilometres (km) of pipelines around the world.

Today, Shift released a new report, Gaslighting the Energy Transition: Hydrogen cannot prevent investments in gas from putting planet and profits at risk. The report reveals the exposure of Canadian pension funds to significant financial risks and climate impacts through their multi-billion-dollar investments in gas infrastructure companies outside Canada that face terminal decline as the energy transition accelerates.

Today, Shift released its annual Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, an independent benchmark for evaluating the quality, depth and credibility of climate policies for 11 of Canada’s largest pension managers.

This second edition finds that despite incremental progress, Canadian pension funds remain off track, especially compared to international peers. Far more work is needed to ensure Canadian pension managers fulfill their fiduciary duty to invest in plan members’ long-term interests and protect Canadians’ retirement security in a pathway aligned with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global heating to 1.5°C.

Today, Shift released its inaugural Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, which reveals that Canada’s major pension funds are not on track to protect pensions from the worsening climate crisis or to align their portfolios with a safe climate future.