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LGPS TCFD consultation launches

September 9, 2022

Among proposals is that each authority calculates the carbon footprint of their assets.

A consultation has been launched on how the UK’s Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) can be administered in alignment …

TCFD recommendations ‘lack feasibility for pension funds’

Technical gaps and weaknesses risk “carbon washing” of funds, warns the Transition Pathway Initiative

July 23, 2021

UK-based asset owners have warned that the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) portfolio alignment …

Worcestershire Pension selects Minerva for ESG audit

Minerva Analytics has been chosen to carry out an ESG audit of the Worcestershire Pension Fund as it seeks to target the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The committee is seeking to establish a …

Government loses bid to ban boycotts, divestment by LGPS funds

The UK government has lost a Supreme Court case over its right to ban local authority pension funds from divesting or boycotting companies.

The UK Supreme Court ruled 3-2 in favour of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Jacqueline Lewis, …

Minerva backs key industry Summit

Minerva backs key industry Summit

Minerva Analytics has sponsored this year’s flagship LGC Investment and Pensions Summit.

As Europe’s best-known independent provider of global research and proxy voting solutions, Minerva will sponsor the summit’s end of conference podcast …