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25 March 2014: Public want action from pension funds on tax and wage levels
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Oil Groups – Few Funds Adopt Climate Goals – FT
3 May 2019
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Oil & Gas Path – Funds Uncertain – Investors Chronicle
30 April 2019
The results of a new fund manager survey on oil and gas producers show there is increasing momentum for more climate-friendly investment but uncertainty about how to bring slow starters up to speed.
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Fund Managers Say Writing Is On The Wall For Oil Firms – The Times
29 April 2019
Several big fund managers believe that oil companies should shut themselves down because soon they will become impossible to invest in as the world switches to renewable energy.
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Oil Companies Need To Go Green Say Fund Managers – City A.M.
29 April 2019
A survey of fund managers responsible for $10 trillion (£7.7 trillion) of assets by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) found 86 per cent wanted oil companies to align their businesses with the Paris Agreement’s goals on global warming.
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Active Share Ownership: adding environmental and business value – Environment Industry Magazine
2 May 2014
By Lisa Stonestreet
Recently investors across the UK celebrated Ownership Day, an initiative dedicated to encouraging investors to be ‘active owners’ of the companies they invest in.
Active ownership is a win:win for investors. There is clear evidence that it encourages more long-term sustainable behaviour by companies, and that this in turn leads to better value and improved long-term returns for investors.
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Investment consultants ‘must do more on ESG and sustainability’ – Professional Pensions
26 March 2014
By Naomi Rainey
Investment consultants must support pension scheme trustees in targeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) founding co-chairman Barry Parr says.
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Ownership Day: age of ‘invisible investors’ passing – Blue&Green Tomorrow
25 March 2014
By Charlotte Malone
Pension funds have been urged to “lead from the front” and hold companies to account. To mark the second annual Ownership Day, institutional investors are being encouraged to be more ‘active owners’ and use shareholder power to make companies more sustainable.
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Active ownership: investing as ‘responsible stewards, not absentee landlords – Blue&Green Tomorrow
25 March 2014
By Alex Blackburne
There was a time when investors at both an institutional and retail level would be almost entirely disconnected from what their assets were doing. The norm was to invest, sit back and collect the (hopefully healthy) dividend each quarter. In the last decade, though, things have changed.
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ShareAction launches tool for pension scheme members to ‘have their say on pay’
25 March 2014
By Naomi Rainey
ShareAction has launched a campaign to allow pension scheme members to contact funds with concerns over pay policies in the businesses they invest in.
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Active Ownership Can Help Rebuild Public Trust in Savings – The Huffington Post
24 March 2014
By Simon Howard
This week investors across the UK will mark Ownership Day – an initiative dedicated to encouraging investors to be ‘active owners’ of the companies they invest in. What does being an active owner mean?
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Ownership Day: Why we all need to take an interest in our pension fund – Bright Blue
24 March 2014
By Caroline Escott
‘With auto-enrolment, the rise of defined contribution (DC) schemes, and George Osborne’s announcement a few days ago that “no-one will have to buy an annuity”, the rate of change in the (dry, jargon-filled but important) pensions arena over the last few years has been mind-boggling.
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More than half of Brits want pension funds to hold companies to account on tax – Professional Pensions
21 March 2014
By Naomi Rainey
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Budget 2014: investors say shelving low-carbon policies would be ‘reckless’ – Blue&Green Tomorrow
18 March 2014
By Alex Blackburne
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) said the chancellor must avoid bowing to pressure from groups that were calling for social and environmental policies to be shelved.
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Industry split on fiduciary duty legislation – Professional Pensions
By Naomi Rainey
‘Recent questions about the role of fiduciary duty in pension fund investment has been widely welcomed but the industry is yet to agree on the answers.
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UKSIF: current fiduciary laws leave investment trustees ‘confused’ – Blue and Green Tomorrow
By Charlotte Malone
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has urged the Law Commission to clarify fiduciary duty in order to promote long-term sustainable investment.
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Government reveals details of social investment tax relief – Blue and Green Tomorrow
By Charlotte Malone
“The government has revealed details of the social investment tax relief, which aims to encourage investors to consider the social impact of their investments as well as the financial returns.
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