All Church of England Pensions Board articles
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NewsLondon CIV, Church of England invest in social housing
London CIV and the Church of England have committed a combined £104m to a affordable housing fund.
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NewsNest and Cushon explore forestry, Manchester commits to infra
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including Nest and Cushon looking to explore forestry investments, and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund committing to sustainable infrastructure.
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NewsWorcestershire invests in climate fund, insurers lock in net zero targets
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including the Worcestershire County Council Pension Fund investing in a climate fund, bulk annuity insurers all having set net zero targets, and the Church of England Pensions Board slashing the carbon intensity of its holdings by a fifth.
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NewsVW rejects shareholder proposal, savers in the dark over investments
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including Volkswagen’s rebuff of a shareholder letter concerning its so-called “lobbying activities”, and new research revealing widespread ignorance over how pensions are invested.
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NewsInvestors eye climate risk reporting omissions, CofE challenges VW
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including an investor coalition applying pressure on companies over their climate reporting, and the Church of England Pensions Board raising the heat on Volkswagen.
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NewsLGPS funds invest in clean tech fund, PPF bets on forestry
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including investment from Merseyside and South Yorkshire schemes in the Clean Growth Fund, the Pension Protection Fund raising its stakes in forestry and the Church of England Pensions Board leading a mining initiative.
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NewsGovernment set to regulate further on ESG
On the go: The government is preparing to regulate in order to achieve consistency on environmental, social and governance standards across the private sector, ministers have told the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for ESG.
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NewsChurch of England Pensions Board secures £160mn buy-in with Aviva
On the go: The £3.7bn Church of England Pensions Board has agreed a £160mn bulk purchase annuity buy-in with insurer Aviva Life & Pensions UK for its circa £646.1mn Church Workers Pension Fund defined benefit scheme.
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OpinionLGPS funds should not join the Israel boycott movement
Pension scheme trustees are currently discussing one of the easiest divestment decisions they will ever have to make.
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NewsSchemes retaliate over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Some of the UK’s most prominent pension schemes are dialling down their exposure to Russian assets in response to its attack on Ukraine.
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NewsHow pension schemes can help the UK meet its sustainability goals
Tackling climate change is high on the agenda for pension scheme trustees, and with COP26 only recent history, taking action has never felt more pressing. However, trustees must be careful to balance this with generating investment returns.
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NewsChurch of England puts pressure on miners, PIC invests in student halls
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including the Church of England Pensions Board pushing miners on standards, the Pension Insurance Corporation’s investment in low-carbon student accommodation, and a pledge by the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance to halve portfolio emissions by 2030.
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NewsTPI’s new centre to boost data coverage to 10,000 companies
On the go: The Transition Pathway Initiative has launched the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre, which will boost independent company assessments from 400 to 10,000.
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NewsBTPS develops tool to assess govt bonds’ climate change exposure
On the go: The BT Pension Scheme and the Church of England Pensions Board are part of an investors group that is creating a tool to measure, monitor and compare sovereign bonds’ climate change governance and performance.
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Church of England publishes first stewardship report
On the go: The Church of England Pensions Board has published its first annual stewardship report, setting out its future priorities, which focus on climate change and extractive industries.
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Church of England invests £600m in ESG equity fund
On the go: The Church of England Pensions Board plans to allocate £600m to a fund tracking a climate-friendly index, aiming to align its pension schemes with the goals of the Paris agreement.
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TPR presses Church of England for shorter deficit recovery
The Pensions Regulator has dismissed the idea of the Church of England employers reducing their deficit contributions, after a change in the valuation method used in one of its defined benefit schemes resulted in a shortfall decrease from £236m to £50m.
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Church of England scheme gives ultimatum to mining companies
On the go: In the wake of the collapse of the tailings dam in Brumadinho, Brazil, which killed at least 84 people and left hundreds missing, 96 institutional investors have been stirred into action.
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NewsChurch of England targets US private loans in bid to divine 7% returns
The Church of England Pensions Board is “on the cusp” of making an allocation to private credit in the USA, as it seeks returns uncorrelated to equities.