NEST

Darren Philp says the dashboard programme team should be congratulated on the work it has done to put together a properly scoped out and stress tested plan that will maximise the chance of the project's success

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

Government-backed auto-enrolment provider Nest has partnered with Octopus Renewables in a bid to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.

Professional Pensions rounds up some of the latest tender awards from across the industry.

Auto-enrolment (AE) remained resilient during the Covid-19 pandemic and in the wake of minimum contribution increases, according to a report by Nest Insight.

Dianne Day and Andrew Warwick-Thompson have been appointed as independent directors at workplace savings business Cushon.

Oil and gas majors are still rewarding executives for fossil fuel growth despite them committing to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, as experts urge institutional investors to take action.

Nest Pensions chief executive Helen Dean has been awarded a CBE for services to pension savings in the New Year Honours 2021.

More than half of Nest's overall portfolio will be within 'climate aware' strategies from February 2021, it has confirmed.

Nest Insight has outlined a series of opinions from employers trialling its hybrid sidecar savings tool, with most agreeing they “like the concept” but still raising concerns over inertia.