ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including a new climate change report for actuaries, Smart Pension announcing a net zero target for 2040, and savers supporting the government’s push for greener pensions.

On the go: The results of a trial to boost retirement savings for the self-employed, involving the existing self-assessment tax system, will be published in summer, a Treasury minister has revealed.

The Pensions Regulator has launched a campaign urging trustees to prepare for the pensions dashboards deadline, as new research shows that less than 10 per cent of schemes have begun to digitise the information they hold in preparation for the initiative.

On the go: Smart Pension, Aviva and Hargreaves Lansdown will be encouraging members to learn more about making greener pension choices under a new trial.

On the go: Two-thirds of administrators identified the volume of legislative change as one of the main barriers they faced to providing a high-quality service, according to new research.

On the go: Buy-in and buyout transactions hit £27.7bn in 2021, with the majority of deals, representing £20.9bn, occurring in the second half of the year, according to new research.

On the go: The Pensions Regulator is considering taking regulatory action against Stuart Garner, former owner of Norton Motorcycles, its chief executive has revealed.

ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including Nest’s tender for an ESG data provider, and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change’s new net zero guidance for infrastructure investments.

GMB union is taking ride-hailing service Bolt to court in a bid to grant its drivers employment rights including pensions, while Uber has promised a Sharia-compliant pension fund for its drivers by October.

On the go: The aggregate surplus of the 5,215 defined benefit schemes in the Pension Protection Fund 7800 Index increased by £55.4bn in May.