Climate Change

Pension schemes must engage with the shift towards de-carbonisation by investing in environmentally friendly infrastructure according to a leading figure.

The number of funds that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they make investment decisions is small according to MSCI research.

Some of UK's largest pension schemes and fund managers have called on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to be more transparent over climate change risks.

Hackney Council's pension fund committee has agreed to endorse a series of recommendations on dealing with fossil fuel and climate change issues after facing mounting pressure from a campaign group.

Church Commissioners for England has co-filed a shareholder resolution at ExxonMobil to force the US oil and gas giant to disclose how it will cope in a lower carbon world.

Shareholder resolutions will be filed at three major mining firms later this month to force them to raise disclosure of the risks posed by climate change.

The Association of Member-Nominated Trustees (AMNT) has launched an initiative to give pension schemes more power to influence the companies they invest in.

Alice Garton explains why trustees are in danger of being taken to court to establish their obligations to consider financially material environmental risks

Aatish Suchak highlights the importance of managing carbon risk in a portfolio.

The Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) has become the first scheme to commit its investments to the international target to limit global warming to two degrees.