All Renewable energy articles
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NewsInvestment roundup: GLIL continues Bluefield partnership
Plus: Legal & General and Federated Hermes merge property funds to create £4.7bn vehicle.
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NewsLifeSight adds £450m renewables investment to default strategy
WTW’s defined contribution master trust has allocated to the Schroders Greencoat Global Renewables+ long-term asset fund.
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NewsSmart invests in renewable energy strategy as part of private markets push
The £330m move will see the master trust support innovative companies like Kensa, which manufactures ground source heat pump technology.
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OpinionFiduciary duty and climate change – where we stand
With recent data showing the world’s temperature increase breached the crucial 1.5-degree level, the Society of Pension Professionals’ Donna Matteucci explores the landscape for climate-related investing.
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NewsPension funds turn to renewable energy
A survey of pension funds and insurance companies has found significant interest in increasing investment into renewable energy.
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NewsNorthern Ireland LGPS commits to low-carbon fund
On the go: The circa £10bn Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee has transferred its entire £2.8bn core passive equity holdings into Legal & General Investment Management’s Low Carbon Transition Fund.
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NewsParliament pension fund makes ESG investments
On the go: The £766.3mn Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund made a number of new allocations to climate-aware funds over the year, including moving a portion of its equities to low-carbon and sustainable mandates.
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NewsScottish Widows to invest in companies driving decarbonisation
On the go: Scottish Widows will invest up to £25bn by 2025 in businesses that it views as leading on decarbonisation and climate-aware solutions, according to the company’s new climate action plan.
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NewsNest and UBS divest from ‘unresponsive’ energy companies
On the go: Asset manager UBS has jettisoned “unresponsive” energy companies from its suite of climate-aware funds, including one it manages on behalf of Nest.
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FeaturesIs any sovereign worth the greenium?
Issuance of green sovereign debt is rocketing and investors remain prepared to pay a greenium, but standard paper still has a role to play.
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OpinionThe imperative of addressing the climate challenge in portfolios
University College London professor Chris Rapley and Clean Growth Fund managing partner Beverley Gower-Jones explain how pension schemes can play their part in keeping global warming to the 1.5C target.
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NewsCOP26: Schemes require robust support to make an impact
Regulators, schemes and fund managers must put measures and checks in place to ensure that institutional investors are making “better investment decisions” to ensure sustainable investing can “thrive”, the COP26 conference has heard.
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NewsNest invests in UK solar farm
On the go: Master trust Nest has acquired a solar farm in Reading through its partnership with Octopus Renewables, meaning that one in three of the UK’s workforce is invested in the site.
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NewsAdaption: How schemes can tackle climate and social issues together
As the COP26 conference draws near, the summit’s theme of ‘adaptation’ has raised questions around how schemes can align their environmental and societal commitments to protect the planet’s ecology and communities.
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FeaturesAre schemes ready to mitigate carbon through their investments?
COP26 guidelines dictate four main ways for the world to become net-zero by 2030 through the mitigation of carbon production. The challenge for pension funds is getting to grips with how these can be aligned with their investment process.
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NewsRailpen targets net-zero, LGPS funds invest in renewable assets
ESG spotlight: AA roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, with the Railways Pension Scheme pledging to reduce carbon emissions, Local Government Pension Scheme funds investing in a renewable strategy, and new signatories to the Green Pensions Charter.
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NewsGreener pensions are ‘most effective’ way to fight climate change
On the go: Making a pension “green” is more effective than going vegan, stopping flying, and switching to a renewable energy provider combined, according to new research.
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OpinionThe answer to climate change is more primary investment
Thinking Ahead Institute’s co-head Tim Hodgson explains why asset owners should target primary investments, such as renewable energy and negative emissions technologies, to tackle climate change
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NewsLGPS pool plans to launch new ESG funds
On the go: London CIV, which oversees £23bn on behalf of 32 London Local Government Pension Schemes worth a collective £44bn, is planning to launch new environmental, social and governance-focused funds.
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NewsUSS invests in Iberian solar energy platform
On the go: The £67.6bn Universities Superannuation Scheme has invested €225m (£193.7) in an Iberian solar energy platform.