The Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) has published a review on pension fund trustees’ fiduciary duties in relation to sustainability amid widespread uncertainty in the industry.
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Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) has published its recommendations for pension fund chairs and trustees to handle nature-related risks and opportunities.
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DWP launches pension scheme voting task force Minister noted time was up to wait for industry to make a change Pensions Minister Guy Opperman has announced the establishment of the Taskforce on Pension Scheme Voting Implementation, with a focused remit to help trustees and in-house teams stay in control of their shareholder rights. The taskforce, […]
Read MoreThe Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) officially launched its new AGM voting toolkit this month (08-Dec-15). The 34 policy ‘Red Lines‘ (19 Governance, 10 Social and 5 Environmental) are designed to help pension trustees hold investee companies – and the fund managers who manage their investments in them – better to account when it […]
Read MoreThis month’s guest article is by Professor Jill Solomon, Department of Management, King’s College London There is global scientific consensus that climate change is progressing far more rapidly and with far greater severity than previously anticipated. Climate change is a critical issue for business, for financial institutions and not least for the pension fund industry. […]
Read MoreA report by the Asset Management Working Group of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative links the integration of ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) issues into investment processes with legal responsibilities of fiduciaries (including pension trustees, asset managers and investment advisors). It also calls into question whether the institutional investment industry responsible ownership […]
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