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Report: UK council pension funds investing almost £10bn in fossil fuels
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

  • Investment
  • 24 February 2021
Investment management 'not fit for purpose' in delivering sustainable wealth creation
Investment management 'not fit for purpose' in delivering sustainable wealth creation

  • Investment
  • 18 February 2021
Scottish Widows targets net zero across £170bn pension fund range by 2050
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

  • Investment
  • 08 February 2021
Dyfed Pension Fund cuts portfolio CO2 after reducing fossil fuel exposure
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

  • Investment
  • 07 February 2021
'A positive start': Government unveils climate risk rules for UK pensions sector
'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

  • Investment
  • 27 January 2021
Aegon commits to net zero across its default pension funds by 2050
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

  • Investment
  • 15 January 2021
Pensions and investment industries launch stewardship steering group
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

  • Investment
  • 14 January 2021
Barclays' UK retirement fund to screen for climate risk in £1.3bn growth portfolio
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

  • Investment
  • 14 January 2021
Pension scheme Nest to ramp up green energy and buildings investments
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

  • Investment
  • 16 December 2020
Legal & General pledges to half portfolio carbon emission intensity by 2030
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

  • Investment
  • 03 December 2020
A new net zero doctrine: Delivering a green recovery without increasing debt
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

  • Investment
  • 25 November 2020
PensionBee to launch fossil fuel-free fund by end of 2020
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

  • Investment
  • 19 November 2020
Watchdog orders UK firms to improve climate accounting in 2021
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

  • Investment
  • 13 November 2020
Northern Local Government Pension Scheme targets net zero portfolio by 2050
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

  • Investment
  • 22 October 2020
BT Pension Scheme: Safeguarding our portfolios and the planet from climate change
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

  • Investment
  • 19 October 2020
PLSA puts forward seven proposals to overcome barriers to climate-aware investing
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'

  • Investment
  • 16 October 2020
ESG considerations mount at fixed income asset managers, industry survey finds
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

  • Investment
  • 12 October 2020
'Limit the risk': BT's £55bn pension scheme sets 2035 net zero target
'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

  • Investment
  • 08 October 2020
South Yorkshire Pensions Authority sets 2030 carbon neutral goal
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

  • Investment
  • 08 October 2020
Aviva targets net zero for its default pension funds by 2050
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

  • Investment
  • 02 October 2020
Government to push pensions sector towards green technology investment
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

  • Investment
  • 11 September 2020
Hundreds of UK pension schemes to fall under climate risk reporting rules
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

  • Investment
  • 26 August 2020
'We could fix our world': Martin Freeman voices net zero pension campaign animation
'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'

  • Investment
  • 12 August 2020
Why Good Energy is joining the campaign to fight for ethical pensions
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

  • Investment
  • 11 August 2020
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