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Pension funds consult members on climate investing
Pension funds, including Dutch Pensioenfonds Detailhandel and British DC fund Nest, are increasingly consulting members as they navigate competing pressures over climate investing and fiduciary duty.
BP’s new CEO faces shareholder rebellion
BP suffered a significant shareholder revolt at today’s AGM, with more than half of shareholders voting to prevent the firm's attempts to ease climate reporting standards
LGPS funds face £8bn private markets loophole to fossil fuel divestment pledges
While many of the UK’s LGPS funds have pledged to divest from fossil fuels, they continue to fund oil and gas through their private market holdings, an investigation has revealed
ACCR’s BP AGM speech: the case for capex transparency
Ahead of BP's AGM, ACCR's Sarah Brewin warns that voices of critical investors are being silenced and sets out why the group has co-filed a resolution demanding greater transparency on BP's capital allocation strategy
Mind the gap: more than half of the world’s largest emitters fail to disclose their green capex
New data highlights transition investment disclosure gap in hard-to-abate sectors
UK National Wealth Fund to invest £599m in nuclear SMR technology
The financing package is aimed at delivering three Rolls-Royce small modular reactors with a combined capacity of over 1GW
Why renewables are at the forefront of the DC allocation revolution
Government-driven shift into private markets is taking shape – and UK energy transition infrastructure has emerged as a key option to address concerns around domestic concentration, argues Duncan Hale, portfolio manager at Schroders Greencoat.
Short-term mandates, long-term risks: insurers face regulatory dilemma
General insurers possess unparalleled insights into climate change risks, yet their investment focus on short-dated bonds and their reliance on external managers poses constraints on their ability to implement net zero targets
Bots and bubbles: DC investors navigate the growing carbon footprint of their tech-heavy portfolios
DC investors tend to have outsized allocations to the tech industry. How does the rise of AI impact the carbon footprint of their portfolios?
BP investors set to oppose move to scrap emissions targets
Investors in BP are lobbying for a vote against a resolution which would see the scrapping of emissions disclosure rules, following the energy giant's dismissal of a climate resolution
BP’s bunker mentality hints at its strategic woes
Investors in BP share widespread unease about the firm's erosion of shareholder rights and lack of capital discipline, argues Brynn O'Brien, co-CEO of ACCR and a shareholder in the company
Britain’s historic pension reforms: a new dawn for DC climate investing?
The Mansion House Accord and the Pensions Bill have implications for climate solutions investing