ESG

How has ESG in pensions evolved in recent years?  We have seen significant changes in the last five years. Initially ESG was primarily a risk management tool, aimed at identifying sectors and...

In just three years we’ve had the visceral shock of the pandemic, fears that warfare overseas could undermine domestic stability and, of course, the cost-of-living crisis. Expecting UK workers to prioritise their...

The People’s Pension will move £15 billion of its assets into climate aware investment strategies — the biggest single transfer of its kind by a UK master trust to date.  The workplace...

DC trustees must hold private market managers to account over the lack of progress on climate data reporting, according to pension consultants Hymans Robertson.  It says that the availability of climate data...

The PRI has made two senior appointments to its executive c-suite team.  Rose Easton has been appointed as chief RI ecosystems officer for the  UK, Europe and India, Middle East & Africa,...

Smart Pension has launched the first fully-diversified Shariah-compliant workplace pension, the first DC master trust to offer this option at scale. The Halal Workplace Pension is launched in conjunction with Wahed, the...

New EU labels on sustainability may not be as robust as previously thought - with new analysis suggesting around a quarter of 'Article 8' funds were a 'greenwashing risk'. Analysis of more...

The vast majority of UK pension providers have inadequate climate plans in place, according to a new report from campaign group Make My Money Matter. It says 85 per cent of providers...

JP Morgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors will leave Climate Action 100+, while BlackRock,  the world’s largest asset manager, is downgrading its corporate membership of the climate change pressure group. ...

Only 4 out of 10 firms include ESG, sustainable, and values-based investment knowledge as part of their training and compliance regime and 50 per cent actively monitor greenwashing signs despite 90 per...