All Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) articles
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NewsCOP27: Implementing regulatory solutions high on trustees’ agenda
Tom Higgins | November 24, 2022
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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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NewsPLSA calls on companies to improve ESG disclosures
On the go: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association is calling on companies to improve their disclosures on climate change, executive remuneration and diversity, as it updates its Stewardship and Voting Guidelines.
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NewsTPR publishes example to help trustees with new ESG duties
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has published an illustrative example to help trustees and advisers comply with their environmental, social and governance duties, as it revealed it will start contacting schemes that are now in the scope of the new regulations.
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NewsIs legislation helping trustees on their journey to net zero?
When it comes to making their schemes greener, trustees have a lot to get their heads around. But current climate-related legislation is helping to focus minds and offer a framework for meeting net zero targets.
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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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NewsThe challenges facing trustees seeking net zero
More pension schemes are committing to net zero agendas than ever before, but reporting and analysing climate-related disclosure data is no easy task for trustees.
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NewsIndustry group publishes TCFD reporting guidance
On the go: The Pensions Research Accountants Group has published guidance to help practitioners understand the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures governance and reporting requirements.
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NewsTPR urges trustees to ensure climate advisers have the right skills
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has warned that trustees must ensure their climate advisers are appropriately skilled and provide relevant and helpful advice.
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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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NewsTCFD disclosures to be mandatory for UK’s largest financial institutions
On the go: Britain’s largest companies and financial institutions will legally have to report on climate-related risks and opportunities from April 6 2022, the government has announced.
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NewsTPR to tighten supervision to steer schemes’ climate response
The Pensions Regulator is aiming to set “clear expectations” of what it wants to see from pension schemes, while increasing supervision ahead of the new requirements to comply with environmental, social and governance legislation under the Pension Schemes Act 2021.
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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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NewsAction needed to bolster TCFD uptake despite growing support
On the go: The rate of climate-related financial disclosures has increased more in the past year than in any previous year, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures has reported, but warned that “significant work” remains.
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NewsPLSA publishes ESG case studies, TPP excludes 150 companies
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including the launch of practical case studies to help schemes achieve climate goals, and The People’s Pension divesting £226m from companies that failed to meet standards.
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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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NewsDC payments steady during Covid, but statutory rise may be needed
On the go: Most companies with defined contribution schemes did not reduce their pension contributions during the pandemic, according to the latest CBI/Mercer Pensions Survey.
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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.