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Deforestation-free by 2025 – ambitious, but vital
21/12/2023
Comment by Isobel Mitchell, Responsible Investment Analyst, Church Commissioners for England.
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Church of England Pensions Board publishes Climate Action Plan with focus on fossil fuels, corporate lobbying, and climate finance in emerging markets
30/11/2023
The Church of England Pensions Board has published its inaugural Climate Action Plan.
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Church of England launches initiative to help schools reach Net Zero
26/10/2023
The Church of England has launched an ambitious initiative to help its network of schools reach net zero, as part of the first phase of its multi-million-pound Net Zero Carbon Programme.
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Church Commissioners for England strengthens responsible investment activity with revised strategy
18/10/2023
The Church Commissioners for England has published its 2022 Stewardship Report which articulates a revised responsible investment strategy focussed on three key systemic risks: climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and social inequality.
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Church of England invests GBP 30m in kickstarting net zero plans
12/10/2023
Thousands of churches, cathedrals, schools and clergy houses in England will benefit from the first phase of grants and projects worth £30 million, as part of the Church of England’s ambitious plan to achieve net zero by 2030.
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Church Commissioners partners with Natural England to expand Cheshire nature reserve
13/09/2023
The Church Commissioners for England has signed a tenancy agreement with Natural England to improve biodiversity across two fields of additional land at Wybunbury Moss, a National Nature Reserve (NNR) near Crewe, Cheshire.
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Church Commissioners announce members of Oversight Group to advise on response to historic links to transatlantic slavery
24/07/2023
The Church Commissioners for England has today announced the members of the Oversight Group that will advise the Board on how it establishes the new impact investment fund and grant funding programme that is being set up in response to its research findings of historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery.
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Church Commissioners for England publishes report on real assets sustainability strategy
04/07/2023
The Church Commissioners for England has published a report on its overall sustainability strategy for the real assets portfolio.
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Church of England Pensions Board to vote in favour of National Grid leadership after new climate lobbying commitment
30/06/2023
The Church of England Pensions Board has welcomed National Grid's commitment to publishing a comprehensive review of their lobbying activities on climate change, reversing their previous refusal to do so.
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Church Commissioners for England to exclude oil and gas companies over failure to align with climate goals
22/06/2023
The Church Commissioners for England, which manages the Church of England’s £10.3bn endowment fund, has decided to exclude all remaining oil and gas majors from its portfolio, and will exclude all other companies primarily engaged in the exploration, production and refining of oil or gas, unless they are in genuine alignment with a 1.5°C pathway, by the end of 2023.
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