All Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance articles
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FeaturesOutlook 2025: Seeking to improve the sustainability status quo
Many pension schemes are adopting more forward-looking approaches to ensure they are having a meaningful impact on climate change, writes Alastair O’Dell.
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NewsCOP27: Implementing regulatory solutions high on trustees’ agenda
Tom Higgins | November 24, 2022
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NewsEssex commits £100mn to carbon offset impact fund
On the go: The circa £9.3bn Essex County Council Pension Fund has made a £100mn anchor commitment to the Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund as it further expands its global timberland portfolio and accelerates its transition to net zero.
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NewsTackling patchy carbon emissions data from issuers
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, with significant implications for investors, including pension schemes.
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NewsSchemes start to gather learnings from first TCFD reports
As the first group of UK schemes have completed their Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures reports, they have been challenged by the long process, incomplete and inconsistent data, and lack of mandatory reporting from fund managers.
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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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NewsStandard Life’s sustainable switch and a new LGPS active fund
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including a new sustainable multi-asset profile from Standard Life, a £1bn sustainable global equities fund from LGPS Central, and an anti-scams pledge from the Universities Superannuation Scheme.
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NewsAegon invests £3bn in ESG range, NPT shifts to sustainable strategy
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, with Aegon investing £3bn of its default funds in ESG, and the National Pension Trust shifting its default arrangement towards a green strategy.
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NewsBorder to Coast launches second private markets programme
On the go: The £36bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, which handles the assets of 11 Local Government Pension Scheme funds worth a collective £55bn, has launched the second series of its private markets programme, which includes a dedicated climate opportunities offering.
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NewsWandsworth weighs up renewables, asset owners demand engagement
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including the Wandsworth Pension Fund assessing opportunities in renewable infrastructure, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance pushing for greater engagement, and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change highlighting the investment opportunities linked with the Paris Climate Agreement.
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NewsAon’s master trust and GPP invest in climate transition fund
On the go: The Aon MasterTrust and Group Personal Pension Plan made a £700mn investment in February 2022 to a new climate transition fund co-developed and co-launched by the consultancy and UBS Asset Management.
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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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NewsScottish Widows to divest £1.5bn from tobacco stocks
On the go: Scottish Widows has said it will divest from any company that derives more than 10 per cent of its revenue from tobacco, in an expansion to its exclusions policy.
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NewsPension schemes to tackle deforestation in climate push
Pension schemes in the UK will be expected to do more to tackle deforestation as part of the government’s climate policies, pensions minister Guy Opperman has warned.
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News‘Build back better’ hits wall as trustees report trouble aligning
On the go: Trustees and investment managers are struggling to bring their investment strategies into line with the government’s ‘build back better’ initiative, citing a lack of opportunities and long-term planning.
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PodcastsPodcast: Is this really the right time for auto-enrolment expansion?
Podcast: Expanding auto-enrolment is a great idea in theory, but with sky-high inflation, a cost of living crisis and the potential for a global recession to exacerbate it, is now the right time to pursue it? LCP partner Mary Spencer and Cartwright’s director of investment consulting Sam Roberts debate the merits, discuss pension schemes’ reaction to war in Ukraine, and explore the industry’s readiness for long-term inflation.
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NewsFTSE 100 firms lagging on data, half of schemes have impact investments
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, with a majority of FTSE 100 companies still failing to disclose diversity and welfare data in their annual reports, and Big Society Capital finding that half of all UK pension funds now hold some form of impact investment.