All climate change articles – Page 2
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OpinionLooking beyond portfolio decarbonisation
Investors need to go further than decarbonisation and focus on real-world impacts and transition assets, says Cushon’s Julius Pursaill.
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NewsHow schemes are holding companies to account on climate change
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership recently exercised its voting rights during the 2023 AGM season to express concern at firms’ approach to managing climate change risks.
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NewsPension schemes told to stop investing in oil and gas
Pension schemes were urged to look at their exposure to companies which generate their income from fossil fuels at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s ESG conference in London this week.
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NewsPension funds’ commitment to ESG trumped by cost of living fears - PLSA
The cost of living crisis, infrastructure and emerging markets were some of the issues discussed at this week’s PLSA ESG conference.
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NewsFirst climate change reporting fine issued by TPR
The first fine against a pension scheme for failing to publish a report on trustees’ management and governance of climate-related risks and opportunities has been issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).
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NewsClimate change: TNFD guidance will support the green aims of pension trustees
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (‘TNFD’) has published its final recommendations which enable both business and investors to integrate nature into their decision-making.
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OpinionThe pensions industry must re-think climate change scenarios
What’s keeping pension scheme CIOs awake at night? We’re currently recording a new series of the DCIF’s podcast, and we’ve posed this question to each CIO we’ve interviewed.
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NewsFour new scenarios that could act as a ‘tipping point’ in pension industry’s approach to climate change.
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has teamed up with the University of Exeter to publish research which presents four new climate scenarios that look at shorter-term and realistic horizons to inform investment decision making.
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OpinionTPR's Hill sets out how trustees can make useful climate scenario analysis decisions
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has today published a blog post by Mark Hill, its climate and sustainability lead, outlining how trustees can improve the climate scenario analyses used by their schemes.
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NewsMaster trusts: TCFD reports 'almost impossible' to compare
Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reports need to be beefed up and made more relevant, a report by the Defined Contribution Investment Forum has found.
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NewsClimate change: Pension trustee firm IGG sets out sustainability charter
The Independent Governance Group (IGG) has launched a sustainability charter to address the investment risks posed by climate change.
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NewsAsset managers fall short of claims about climate and biodiversity
The world’s largest asset managers are failing to use their influence to influence the dual crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change, according to new research from lobbyist ShareAction.
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OpinionInvestors must insist on decarbonisation – before it’s too late
Investors have a role – and the power – to encourage sustainable business models. ShareAction’s Lydia Darby talks about why they went to BASF’s AGM last month.
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NewsBeware of the elephant - it’s now in the room
The Pension Regulator’s Louise Davey sets out the need for trustees to up their game on ESG issues
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NewsDavid Fairs leaves TPR to ‘pursue new challenges’
On the go: David Fairs is leaving his role as executive director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice at the Pensions Regulator in March this year.
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NewsCOP15: Being ‘nature positive’ makes economic sense
On ‘finance day’ at COP15, the message to financial institutions was clear: they must measure what matters and stop investing in companies involved in the destruction of nature.
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NewsBiodiversity: What can pension schemes do?
Investors are increasingly focusing on how companies interact with and care for natural ecosystems, and pension schemes can contribute meaningfully to these efforts, experts say.
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NewsBorder to Coast invests in private markets
On the go: The £38.3bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, which handles the assets of 11 Local Government Pension Scheme funds worth a collective £60bn, has made initial commitments to its second private markets programme, first launched in April 2022.
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NewsRailways Pension Scheme manager updates voting policy
On the go: Railpen, the manager of the £35bn Railways Pension Scheme, has introduced new voting policies on cyber security, climate transition and biodiversity, and mental health for its 2023 annual meeting season.
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NewsTiming and flexibility concerns raised over LGPS climate reporting
The pensions industry has expressed its concerns to the government over proposals surrounding new requirements for Local Government Pension Scheme funds to produce climate risk reports, citing fears over the timescale imposed and a lack of flexibility.