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    Practically addressing ESG: investment insights

    Our Investment Conference 2021 addressed the environmental, social and governance (ESG) questions at the top of trustees' agendas this year. Watch the session on-de…

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    Climate change: the time to act is now

    This is a pivotal moment as climate-aligned investment takes centre stage in company pensions. As the government consults on measures embedding climate change into …

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    UK investment consultants form joint working group on sustainability

    Twelve leading investment consulting firms in the UK have established the Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group, with the aim of seeking to improve su…

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    How easy is it to switch to an ESG aligned passive fund?

    In this blog, our ESG team explores passive ESG funds, including the possible first step in reducing an investor’s carbon and integrating ESG into their investment …

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    Are your investments going up in smoke?

    Tobacco is a financial risk, however, it is also an asset that members of funds are increasingly finding unpalatable. For both these reasons we are seeing clients i…

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    Getting ahead on governance: pension scheme climate disclosures

    Whilst trustees need to state their policies on ESG and climate change. Now the Government’s amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill 2020 are going to take things fu…

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    ESG measurement – hot data for a cooler world

    The changing climate means past performance and methods of measurement, are becoming increasingly inadequate for investment decision making when used in isolation. …

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    Welcome guidance from The Pensions Regulator gives confidence in transferring to a superfund

    The Pensions Regulator has today launched 'tough new interim regime for emerging superfund pension market' which will give employers and trustees confidence in the …

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    Getting your ESG and LDI journey in to focus after the effects of Covid-19

    Helping you get your ESG and LDI journey in focus, managing risks early and ensuring it reflects not just today’s Covid-19 and climate trends but the needs of the f…

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    There is more than one C in ESG

    The landscape has materially changed recently and not all of it has to do with Covid-19. 2020 has also been pressured by another ‘C’: climate change. Or, more accur…

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