All environmental articles – Page 36
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NewsPiP captures £131m for solar investment
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform has closed the first round of financing for its solar photovoltaics fund, as schemes continue to weigh the benefits of less familiar alternative assets such as renewable energy.
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OpinionNAPF: Why employees are a marker of companies’ long-term success
Talking head: The NAPF’s Will Pomroy explains why investors should demand more information on the workforce when assessing companies’ strengths.
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Falkirk targets social housing with £30m investment
Falkirk Council Pension Fund is joining the ranks of local authorities investing in social housing, with a £30m allocation, as experts debate the strengths of the asset class.
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Carbon-conscious schemes rally for strategic climate change response
Low-carbon pension funds have called on other asset owners to seek opportunities in real assets and emerging markets to mitigate the risks of climate change.
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Corporate governance tops Unilever ESG agenda
Data analysis: Close to half of Unilever Pension Fund’s engagement activity in 2014 centred on corporate governance as wider trends emphasise environmental issues, calling into question the terms used when reporting such activity.
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OpinionEditorial: Education and catastrophe
The disconnect between the UK equity markets and long-term investors’ objectives that led to 2011’s Kay review provided both sides with some key recommendations to improve this relationship.
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News
Is your scheme an active owner?
Any other business: Carbon emissions, tax avoidance and executive remuneration are key political issues. But they also matter to many shareholders, who see them as touchstones to the long-term strength of the companies in which they invest.
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OpinionEditorial: Making yourself heard
Once again, the country’s leading pension funds have stood up for responsible investment, and pressure is building on asset managers to be more forthcoming in their reporting on the matter.
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Leading DB funds target responsible investment disconnect
The UK’s largest pension funds have put pressure on fund managers to make the case for their responsible investment strategies, publishing a guide intended to “break down the information barriers” between schemes and managers.
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Berkshire makes co-investments to profit from food supply chain
The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has announced investments in the global food and water supply chain, with a private equity mandate investing in two US start-ups driving sustainable consumption.
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Opinion
How to adjust your ESG strategy following the Law Commission report
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, Mercer’s Aled Jones defines a simple framework that trustees can use to help integrate environmental, social and governance factors into their scheme.
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How stewardship has moved up the scheme investment agenda
As many as four out of five UK pension funds now screen their managers for stewardship activity as part of the selection process, demonstrating the growth in environmental, social and governance considerations among institutional investors.
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Taskforce recommends social impact investment for DC
Defined contribution pension schemes should offer members the option to include social impact investments in their portfolio, a government-led taskforce has said, but consultants foresee barriers to take-up.
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Nest sizes up green technology as it sharpens ESG focus
Nest is looking to benefit from a low-carbon economy through investments in green technology, in a triennial update of its investment beliefs announced today.
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Opinion
The Law Commission has spoken, but barriers remain to ESG growth
In the latest edition of Informed Comment, MN’s Narina Mnatsakanian takes stock of the progress of environmental, social and governance-based investment following the Law Commission’s intervention.
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Features
Isle of Wight fund mulls ethical investment policy after council reclaims public health role
Isle of Wight Pension Fund is considering setting its own policy on social, environmental and ethical factors to be considered when making investment decisions, after the council took back responsibility for public health.
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Opinion
Law Commission says trustees can take ESG into account (to a point)
The Law Commission yesterday published its much anticipated report clarifying the fiduciary duties of trustees and has called upon the Pensions Regulator to provide further guidance on the subject.
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OpinionAdmit it: social impact investing is done for the social impact
Editor's blog: There has been a flurry of stories this month on local authority pension funds allocating to investments that target a positive social or environmental impact, giving a shot in the arm for proponents of activist investment.
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WMPF to give Brum SMEs £40m boost as funds seek social impact
The West Midlands Pension Fund has set aside £40m for a direct lending fund to provide finance to small and medium-sized businesses in the Birmingham area, seeking a positive social impact alongside return.
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Opinion
ESG is about long-term performance, not arbitrary screening
WHEB’s George Latham argues against those who reduce environmental, social and governance analysis to merely screening of investments, in the latest edition of Technical Comment.