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iA Financial Group celebrates Clean50's recognition of Alain Bergeron's responsible investment work
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n iA Financial Group celebrates Clean50's recognition of Alain Bergeron's responsible investment work\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n QUEBEC CITY\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Oct. 25, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - iA Financial Group congratulates\n \n Alain Bergeron\n \n , Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer, for his recognition through the Clean50 award as one of\n \n Canada's\n \n top 50 Canadian leaders in sustainability. The selection was made from more than 1000 nominations received by Clean50, across\n \n Canada\n \n , covering multiple sectors of the Canadian economy.\n \n \n The Clean50 awards are given to 50 people from the fields of business, academics and government and are based on accomplishments delivered over the prior two years. Clean50 leaders are selected from among those who have made outstanding contributions to a clean economy.\n \n \n \"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,\" says\n \n Alain Bergeron\n \n . \"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.\"\n \n \n The Clean50 selection committee highlighted Alain's contributions to creating sustainable investing opportunities for a resilient world. He has the oversight and responsibility for iA Financial Group investments (\n \n $100B\n \n as at July 2022), with commitment toward the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI). Under this commitment and Alain's leadership, iA's largest impact has been to strengthen its sustainable stewardship considerably across all investments at a rapid pace. In the last two years, iA has almost doubled the number of SRI funds from 10 to 18.\n \n \n ...