Pension schemes urged to increase their net zero policy scrutiny

Jasmine Urquhart
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Pension fund managers should go beyond industry standards on net zero and disclose more data on their climate efforts, according to consultancy LCP

Influential pensions and investments consultancy LCP has urged pension schemes to increase their scrutiny of fund managers' net zero policies and practices. The firm earlier this week said monitoring...

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