Policies & reports
Our Stewardship and Engagement, policies & reports.
Stewardship and Engagement
These Annual Stewardship and Engagement reports outline CLAM’s and Canada Life's approach during 2022 to the stewardship of the assets under its management.
Engagement Policy
This Policy explains the principles Canada Life Asset Management Limited (CLAM), has in place for the monitoring of, voting in and engagement with investee companies, ensuring compliance with Article 3g of the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II).
Engagement Report 2022
Canada Life Asset Management's ISS Engagement Report 2022. We view engagement as an important process by which we can enhance the incorporation of ESG into our investment approach. It is complementary to the integration of ESG factors into our investment process and enhances and enriches it.
Conflicts of Interest Policy
This Policy explains Canada Life UK Group of Companies (CLUK) appropriate systems and controls it has in place to identify and to prevent or manage potential, perceived and actual Conflicts of Interest that arise in the course of providing its services between itself, including its employees, or any person(s) directly or indirectly linked to it by control, or between one customer and another.
Voting Policy
This Policy explains the responsibility Canada Life Asset Management (CLAM) takes to vote seriously and in the best interest of our customers. It is our responsibility to exercise our voting rights in a considered manner, within the context of a positive relationship with a company’s management. This Policy applies to all financial instruments with voting rights.
Real Estate ESG Policy
Given that our business activities have wide-ranging environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts, we want occupiers, local communities, investors, staff, suppliers, the people who work, shop and live in our buildings, and the wider society to benefit from our activity – creating positive social and environmental outcomes.
Net Carbon Zero Roadmap
The Property team at Canada Life Asset Management has a track record of incorporating sustainability into its real estate strategy. This roadmap explains our proposed plan for the upcoming years to 2030, including the targets we have set and the metrics we will be using to track our progress.
Sustainability Reports
These are our annual ESG reports, covering the ESG activities of WS Canlife UK Property ACS ("the Fund"), for the calendar year ending 31 December 2023 and the Canada Life UK Income Annuity Property Fund ("the Fund"):
TCFD Report
Learn how climate change is integrated into our governance, risk management and business strategy, as well as the metrics and targets that we are using to understand our impact on the environment and our exposure to climate risks.
Moody's Sustainability Certificate 2022
The results of Moody's assessment on Environment, Human Resources, Human Rights, Community Involvement, Business Behaviour and Corporate Governance across Canada Life UK
The Future of Advice - State of Flux report
What does the future of financial advice look like?
'The Future of Advice - State of Flux' report, written by AKG and sponsored by Canada Life, explores the insights of advisers and consumers based on in depth survey and interview-based research conducted this year. The new report brings to light how the role of advice is perceived in 2023, and where challenges and opportunities lie in the here and now, as well as in the future.