On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Corporate Knights recognized CDPQ’s ambition to place climate change at the very heart of its investment strategy.

WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP) (“WSP” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with CIBC Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc. and TD Securities Inc. acting as joint bookrunners, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Corporation will issue from treasury, and the Underwriters shall purchase on a “bought deal” basis, 5,080,000 common shares (the “Shares”) at a price of $86.00 per Share (the “Offer Price”) for gross proceeds to the Corporation of approximately $437 million (the “Offering”).

Ivanhoé Cambridge has acquired Joya, an office campus development totalling 50,000 m² (538,200 ft2 ) in Val de Fontenay, developed by EUROPEQUIPEMENTS and Groupe QUARTUS. The project will be delivered in 2022.

MONARCH GOLD CORPORATION (“Monarch” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: MQR) (OTCMKTS: MRQRF) (FRANKFURT: MR7) announces that it has signed an agreement with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) to sell a 3% net smelter return royalty on gold production at the Beaufor mine (the “NSR”) for $5 million. 

The Venture’s investment strategy is to develop a diversified portfolio of facilities targeted at third party logistics and industrial tenants who service the growing domestic consumption and e-commerce markets.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced today some appointments and changes to its organizational structure to maximize the expertise of its teams to be well positioned to face global economic challenges.

With the world facing an unprecedented crisis related to COVID-19, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) joins the collective effort with the announcement of various initiatives.

As a contribution to the collective effort against the spread of COVID-19 and to protect its employees, CDPQ is taking several essential preventive measures in response to the current circumstances while ensuring that its activities are carried out normally.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd. (“Plenary Americas”) today announced CDPQ’s acquisition of Plenary Americas, a leading investor, developer and operator of public infrastructure in North America.

Azure Power Global Limited (NYSE: AZRE), a leading independent solar power developer in India, announced that Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, acquired an additional 717,701 shares from a shareholder of AZRE. After acquiring the additional shares, CDPQ is the direct owner of 24,259,272 shares of AZRE, which represent 50.9% of the outstanding shares of Azure Power Global Limited.