ESG

Rishi Sunak is the only candidate in the race to become the next Conservative leader and prime minister to unequivocally support current plans for the UK to be net zero for carbon...

Pensions minister Guy Opperman will establish a minister-led taskforce to identify  “reliable data and metrics” to help schemes take social issues into account when investing members' money. This government response follows a...

Canada Life Asset Management (CLAM) has joined 263 other investors from close to 30 countries in a new initiative to call on businesses to disclose their environmental effects. The 2022 Non-Disclosure Campaign...

Deforestation is a bigger concern for many pension savers than climate change, and a significant number want schemes to be doing more to tackle this issue. Research among pension savers aged 40...

Hymans Robertson has increased the size of its  responsible investment team with a number of new hires.  The pension consultancy says these appointments have been made to meet increasing client demand for...

The majority of UK pension schemes have made a net-zero commitment, or plan to do so soon, according to the latest Aon survey. Its ‘2022 Global Perspectives on Responsible Investing’ survey shows...

There is a growing mismatch between investors' desire for more sustainable savings and where their money is actually held. Research by Aegon found that 57 per cent of respondents wanted their money to...

Climate campaign group Make My Money Matter has named and shamed 20 of the UK’s largest pension schemes that are yet to set net zero targets. All are single-employer trusts that between...

SPONSORED CONTENT LGIM recently published the third edition of its DC ESG saver research. What struck you most about this year’s findings? We have seen a really big upswing in members feeling...

Delegates at the Corporate Adviser round table held last month at the House of Lords debated whether the pensions industry should do more to direct members to default funds that represent their...