'This is not the time to be passive': Royal London targets net zero investment portfolio by 2050

Hope William-Smith
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Pension and investments giant also takes aim at halving CO2 across its multi-billion pound portfolio by 2030

Royal London has committed to at least halving CO2 emissions across its entire investment portfolio by the end of the decade, and to achieve net zero financed emissions by 2050, it announced yesterday....

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