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Scottish Widows launches £1.4bn of new green funds

Eliot Gulliver-Needham

29 March 2023 • 2 min read

Scottish Widows launches £1.4bn of new green funds

Pensions firm's new Global Environmental Solutions fund to invest in companies tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity and pollution

Scottish Widows has launched four new funds which aim to direct a total of £1.4bn of investment into sustainable assets. This morning, the pensions provider unveiled its new Global Environmental Solutions...

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