Supplier payments, climate disclosures, minority shareholders prioritised for upcoming season
Letter signed by ten pension funds calls for reconsideration of FCA listing rules
Report details progress on voting, engagement, workforce, and ESG integration
Voting policies include action on net-zero, cybersecurity and mental health
Policy strengthens and clarifies positions on employee representation and voting rights
There is mounting pressure on schemes to engage more actively with firms in which they invest. Charlotte Moore takes a look at the different approaches being used.
The £16bn local pension fund has launched a sustainable equity framework, which is available to all schemes in the LGPS Central pool.
Some of the UK's biggest pension schemes will be forced to report on climate risk in line with recommendations from the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
LGPS Central has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to run engagement and voting services for the investments of its nine local authority funds.