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As Canada Pension Plan aims to go net-zero, one of its investment managers sits on oil company board opposed to emissions cap

The country’s largest pension plan has majority ownership of an oil and gas exploration company

Angela Amato, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Angela Amato, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

15 Nov 2024 • 3 min read

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A pump jack is seen extracting oil at an oil field near wind turbines during sunset.
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board owns 90 per cent of a Calgary-based oil and gas company that signed an open letter calling for withdrawal of the federal oil and gas emissions cap. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Angela Amato, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Angela Amato, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Angela Amato is a Métis reporter based in Edmonton. Prior to joining the IJF, she worked as a general assignment reporter at the Regina Leader-Post and with the Canadian Press.

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