Finance Montréal's finance and sustainability initiative announces 2019 winners of best sustainability report awards

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 14, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Finance Montréal's Finance and Sustainability Initiative (FM-FSI) is very pleased to announce the 2019 winners of its annual competition for best sustainability report:

Sector (according to SASB^TM classification)	Winner
Resource Transformation	Cascades
Transportation	CN
Renewable resources and alternative energy	Canfor
Services	RBI
Consumption	Gildan
Non-renewable resources - Oil and gas	Suncor
Non-renewable resources - Gold companies	Goldcorp
Non-renewable resources - Metals and mining other than gold	Teck
Technology and communications	Bell
Infrastructure	Capital Power
Finance - Banking	TD
Finance - Non-banking	SunLife Financial

Overall and sector results are made available to the public on a dedicated online platform created by Metrio. Companies may also access their individual report assessment results from this platform on a confidential basis.

This competition aims to promote excellence in sustainability reporting among Canadian public companies. All companies that are part of the S&P/TSX Composite Index are automatically eligible for this competition. Juries are composed of university students from several universities, including Concordia, HEC Montréal, McGill, Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, UQAM, and Waterloo under the supervision of faculty members, graduate students or industry professionals.

About Finance Montréal

Created in 2010, Finance Montréal, Québec's financial cluster, has a mission to make Montréal a world-class financial hub, and foster cooperation among its member institutions to accelerate the industry's growth.  The organization participates in activities of international marketing to attract financial companies in Montreal through the promotion of different tax measures, including the CFI tax credit. It also administers the Montréal FinTech Station, a development centre for businesses in the financial technology sector.  To learn more about Finance Montréal, visit www.finance-montreal.com.

SOURCE Finance Montréal

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