Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.42
Liaison Mary-Lee Townsend
Submission Date Feb. 1, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Western University
PA-10: Investment Disclosure

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.72 / 1.00 Connor Donald
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Management
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Does the institution make a snapshot of its investment holdings available to the public?:
Yes

A copy of the investment holdings snapshot:
The website URL where the holdings snapshot is publicly available:
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Percentage of the total investment pool included in the snapshot of investment holdings at each of the following levels of detail:
Percentage (0-100)
Specific funds and/or companies 95.40
Investment managers and/or basic portfolio composition (i.e. asset classes), but not specific funds or companies 4.60

Does the institution engage in proxy voting?:
Yes

Are proxy voting records included in the snapshot of investment holdings?:
No

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

4.4 Disclosure

"The University will make available to the university community, upon request, the most
recent list of investments of the Fund (subject to confidentiality agreements with the
underlying managers) as well as the ESG related information it gathers from its external
investment managers, as defined in the Disclosure of Information on UWO Investments
Policy 2.14 of the Board. Responsibilities are divided among P&F, the Investment Committee, which is a sub-committee of P&F, and Western’s Financial Services as noted below. Additional stakeholders involved with the Fund include external investment managers, a custodian, investment consultant and a performance measurement consultant."

Although the snapshot is not available on any website, the document is easily obtainable from members of the Finance department at the University. For this reason, the investment disclosure is available to the public, not only the University community.


4.4 Disclosure

"The University will make available to the university community, upon request, the most
recent list of investments of the Fund (subject to confidentiality agreements with the
underlying managers) as well as the ESG related information it gathers from its external
investment managers, as defined in the Disclosure of Information on UWO Investments
Policy 2.14 of the Board. Responsibilities are divided among P&F, the Investment Committee, which is a sub-committee of P&F, and Western’s Financial Services as noted below. Additional stakeholders involved with the Fund include external investment managers, a custodian, investment consultant and a performance measurement consultant."

Although the snapshot is not available on any website, the document is easily obtainable from members of the Finance department at the University. For this reason, the investment disclosure is available to the public, not only the University community.

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