Why your pension fund could be heading for a 'carbon crash'

Jessica Shankleman
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Asset Owners Disclosure Project finds 80 per cent of investors failing to manage climate change risks

Unless you work for the Environment Agency, your pension fund is probably exposed to a giant "carbon bubble" of investment which is ignoring the risks posed by climate change. That is the stark finding...

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