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Report: UK council pension funds investing almost £10bn in fossil fuels
Analysis from Friends of the Earth and Platform finds three per cent of the total value of the Local Government Pension Scheme is invested in coal, oil and gas
Scottish Widows targets net zero across £170bn pension fund range by 2050
UK pension provider becomes the latest in the sector to commit to both 2030 and 2050 portfolio decarbonisation targets
Dyfed Pension Fund cuts portfolio CO2 after reducing fossil fuel exposure
£2.7bn Dyfed Pension Fund reduces carbon footprint by 16 per cent after moving to screen out fossil fuel and thermal coal exposure in portfolio
'A positive start': Government unveils climate risk rules for UK pensions sector
DWP consultation confirms Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned disclosures will be mandatory across the board by 2025
Aegon commits to net zero across its default pension funds by 2050
The pension provider is also aiming to slash the carbon emissions in its default pension funds in half by 2030, covering around £10bn of assets
Pensions and investment industries launch stewardship steering group
Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association and the Investment Association team up on new push to enhance stewardship in pursuit of sustainable long term returns
Barclays' UK retirement fund to screen for climate risk in £1.3bn growth portfolio
Climate risk and ESG factors to be integrated into £1.3bn diversified growth portfolio used for Barclays UKRF defined contribution pension scheme
Pension scheme Nest to ramp up green energy and buildings investments
More than half of pension scheme's overall portfolio will be within 'climate aware' strategies from February 2021
Legal & General pledges to half portfolio carbon emission intensity by 2030
Goal part of a raft of measures outlined in the pension giant's new ESG policy
A new net zero doctrine: Delivering a green recovery without increasing debt
Moixa CEO Simon Daniel sets out the case for reallocating a proportion of unfunded state and defined benefit pension obligations that would have paid for energy and mobility costs towards low carbon infrastructure
PensionBee to launch fossil fuel-free fund by end of 2020
Online pension platform aiming to roll out one of UK's first fossil fuel-free funds after receiving £31m in fund commitments from customers in under a week
Watchdog orders UK firms to improve climate accounting in 2021
Companies are routinely 'not meeting investor needs' on climate and environmental data in annual reports, Financial Reporting Council warns
Northern Local Government Pension Scheme targets net zero portfolio by 2050
NLGPS joins Make My Money Matter pledge to align its £46bn investment portfolio with Paris Agreement's 1.5C goal
BT Pension Scheme: Safeguarding our portfolios and the planet from climate change
Morten Nilsson explains why the BTPS is aiming to be net zero on carbon emissions by 2035, and how it plans to get there
PLSA puts forward seven proposals to overcome barriers to climate-aware investing
New guide from Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association seeks to tap into 'universal appetite' among pension schemes for providers 'to take climate change seriously and to invest with a sense that a carbon-constrained future is coming'
ESG considerations mount at fixed income asset managers, industry survey finds
Annual survey of asset managers by Russell Investments points to increasing focus and concern over climate risk
'Limit the risk': BT's £55bn pension scheme sets 2035 net zero target
The UK's largest company pension scheme promises to decarbonise its savers' investments within 15 years as it joins global Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance
South Yorkshire Pensions Authority sets 2030 carbon neutral goal
Local authority pension fund members vote in favour of goal for investments to reach net zero emissions within the next decade
Aviva targets net zero for its default pension funds by 2050
Pension provider also urges government to make it mandatory for all auto-enrollment pensions to reach net zero by 2050
Government to push pensions sector towards green technology investment
Department for Work and Pensions consults on plans to drive long-term pensions sector investment into 'important sectors of the economy' such as green technology
Hundreds of UK pension schemes to fall under climate risk reporting rules
Pension schemes holding more than £1bn of assets will be required to publicly disclose climate risk in their portfolios by 2023 or face penalties
'We could fix our world': Martin Freeman voices net zero pension campaign animation
Animation features a 'woolly man' voiced by Sherlock actor calling for pension investments to help protect against the 'ravages of climate change'
Why Good Energy is joining the campaign to fight for ethical pensions
Juliet Davenport explains why the energy provider has become the latest pledge partner for the new Make My Money matter campaign - and why more businesses should consider doing likewise
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