All Sustainability articles
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NewsScottish Widows embeds sustainability into new lifetime pension offering
Scottish Widows has revamped its largest default fund to target a higher exposure to growth assets and embed sustainability targets.
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ArticleFive themes at the forefront of a sustainable future
Henning Padberg, co-portfolio manager of Nordea’s Global Climate and Environment strategy, explores how the popularity of climate-positive investing has grown exponentially over the past decade.
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NewsCOP27: Implementing regulatory solutions high on trustees’ agenda
Tom Higgins | November 24, 2022
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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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NewsPLSA targets ‘adequate income’ for 2022
On the go: Securing a policy regime that guarantees an adequate retirement income for most savers will sit at the top of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s list of priorities this year, it has announced, with the industry body advocating for the expansion of auto-enrolment.
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NewsWhat UK pension schemes can learn from abroad about reaching net zero
The UK is said to be leading on climate change; however, there are examples of best practice seen internationally that schemes could follow in the push for net zero.
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NewsVast majority lack confidence in govts’ approach to climate change
On the go: Eighty-eight per cent of Britons do not have confidence in the agreements made by governments at COP26, PensionBee research shows.
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NewsPPF 7800 surplus remains ‘solid’ in October
On the go: The aggregate surplus of the 5,318 schemes in the PPF 7800 Index remained “solid” in October, narrowing to £103.2bn from £108.8bn at the end of September, while the funding ratio decreased to 105.9 per cent from 106.4 per cent during the same period.
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NewsGreater Manchester Pension Fund awards £700m mandate
On the go: The £27.6bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund has appointed Schroders Capital to manage its diversified direct real estate portfolio, worth more than £700m.
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NewsCoffey: Pensions a ‘superpower’ to combat climate change
On the go: The full power of pensions needs to be used to reduce climate risk in savers’ portfolios and help push the UK towards achieving net zero in the future, work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey has urged.
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FeaturesCOP26: Collaboration is key to achieve net-zero targets
In the build-up to COP26, there has been growing emphasis on the need for collaboration to ensure swifter progress in meeting global net-zero targets, with the pensions industry also being called to prioritise co-operation.
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FeaturesCOP26: Mobilising finance to immobilise climate change
COP26 will kick-off on October 31, a date surely circled on the calendar of pension scheme professionals across the country, as dominating this year’s conference will be a highly anticipated update on the progress of meeting global net-zero targets by 2050.
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NewsGreen finance roadmap still missing key details
The government has published its “roadmap to sustainable investing”, laying out a number of new reporting requirements. However, some experts have warned that the plan does not go far enough to make a real difference.
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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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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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NewsOpperman lauds ‘transformational’ climate requirements
Pensions minister Guy Opperman has lauded the government’s “utterly transformational” approach to climate reporting requirements, while promising legislation on “simpler statements” and the “statements season” in the near future.
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NewsPPF 7800 surplus jumps £25bn in September
On the go: The latest update of the PPF 7800 Index shows the aggregate surplus of the 5,318 defined benefit schemes measured jumped by more than £25bn to £108.8bn at the end of September, up from £83.2bn at the end of August.
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NewsMost pension schemes falling short on climate commitments
On the go: An overwhelming number of large UK pension schemes are yet to make net-zero commitments ahead of the COP26 summit, pensions campaign group Make My Money Matter has revealed.
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NewsMPs urge government to make green pensions industry world-leading
MPs have urged the government to seize upon the opportunities COP26 presents to the pensions industry and have called for more consensus on tackling climate change.
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NewsLPFA pushes for net-zero, consultants form new ESG initiative
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, with several asset owners joining the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative, the launch of a new net-zero investment consultants enterprise, and a group of investors putting pressure on governments to mandate companies and auditors to align financial accounts to net zero.