All responsible investment articles
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NewsInvestors draft guidelines for tech ethics at portfolio companies
Responsible investors are increasingly concerned about the implications of AI and other technological advancements
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NewsLothian Pension Fund strengthens internal resources to focus on responsible investment
LPF plans to grow its responsible investment team over the next 12 months
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NewsDutch pension fund sets up new member-engaging approach on sustainability
The initiative provided ‘an unparalleled in-depth picture of members’ perspectives on the future, their values, and on their collective recommendations of responsible investing’
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NewsGreater Manchester Pension Fund adopts pass-through voting
GMPF can now uniformly apply its voting policy across both segregated and pooled funds, allowing it to directly influence decisions on critical issues
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NewsThe People’s Pension expects ‘adequate’ stewardship resourcing from managers
The People’s Pension has strengthened the expectations of its investment managers in its new responsible investment policy
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NewsPublica sets up bespoke ESG benchmarks for EM government bonds
It worked with 17 asset managers on guidelines intended to increase transparency on ESG for investments in corporate loans, infrastructure, and real estate mortgages
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NewsNew responsible investment policy gives LPFA ‘greater clarity, direction’
Over 3,000 members – out of more than 97,000 – responded to LPFA’s survey, indicating they identify more strongly with social issues than environmental ones
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NewsDenmark’s LD Pensions reaps benefit of student input on ESG
Copenhagen Business School students develop a tool to map green transition skills on corporate boards
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NewsLGPS Central seeks sterling investment grade credit manager via IPE Quest
The UK investment pool is expected to funded the mandate in mid-2024 with a total value of around £600m
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NewsUK pensions committee calls for pension fiduciary duty clarity
Pensions for Purpose called for a change in The Companies Act to better align company director duties beyond short-term profit maximisation
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NewsSBAI agrees emissions risk, impact reporting principles for derivatives, shorts
Alternatives body proposes ‘endorsed emissions’ metric to account for impact sought through divestment or portfolio tilting
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NewsDutch funds fail to meet promise to implement OECD Guidelines
Only five out of 75 pension funds in the Netherlands have fully implemented a 2018 agreement to do so
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NewsAvon Pension Fund joins south-west partnership for renewables investment
New partnership will see Avon scheme and other Brunel Pension Partnership investors deploy over £300m into renewables and energy transition assets
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NewsPension fund for Swiss canton of Vaud reviews climate strategy
CPEV plans to put in place two new measures with regard to so-called green housing and the deployment of photovoltaic installations
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NewsNigerians tell NBIM its information on Shell-linked damage is one-sided
NBIM says now in the process of evaluating progress towards its engagement objectives and next steps
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NewsUK universities pension fund names new head of responsible investment
Carlisle was most recently head of sustainability at Jupiter Asset Management
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NewsHarmonised ESG terminology put forward to support anti-greenwashing efforts
Industry bodies publish guidance for using key terms in practice
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NewsChurch Commissioners for England boosts responsible investment activity
‘Our integrated approach to responsible investment aims to affect real change in the wider economy,’ says First Church estates commissioner
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NewsLGPS Central reaffirms net zero commitments with strategy launch
The strategy outlines the rationale for its belief in creating a ‘realistic pathway for achieving net zero’
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NewsDutch pension funds move hundreds of billions in assets to mandates
Investing via mandates makes it easier for pension funds to implement their sustainability policies
