Funds with £1.8 trillion declare they will support shareholder resolution on lobbying at Rio Tinto Limited
28/04/2018
NEWS / Funds totalling £1.8 trillion have declared they will support a shareholder resolution regarding the funding of lobbying organisations that has been co-filed at Rio Tinto Limited’s AGM next week in Sydney, Australia.
3 min readChurch of England Pensions Board issues £50 million of bonds to fund clergy retirement housing
12/04/2018
NEWS / The Church of England Pensions Board today announced that it has issued £50 million of bonds, giving it access to a further tranche of long-term finance to purchase additional properties for its clergy retirement housing scheme.
3 min readChurch of England Pensions Board appoints Chief Executive
27/03/2018
The Church of England Pensions Board today announced the appointment of John Ball as its new Chief Executive.
2 min readChurch of England Pensions Board part of global coalition filing resolution at Rio Tinto
02/03/2018
NEWS / The Church of England Pensions Board, together with investors with assets totalling nearly £50bn, has filed a shareholder resolution at Rio Tinto calling on the company to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies.
1 min readEight of the top 20 car manufacturers align to the transition to low carbon economy
14/02/2018
NEWS / The asset owner backed Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) supported by funds with over £5/$6.9 trillion in assets under management today released its assessments of how 20 of the world’s largest publicly-listed automobile manufacturers, and 19 of the world’s largest publicly-listed paper companies are preparing for the transition to a low carbon economy.
4 min readChurch Investors announce harder line on AGM voting policy
07/02/2018
NEWS / The Church Investors Group has told FTSE 350 companies, ahead of this year’s AGM season, that it will take a harder line where reform in three key areas is deemed to be too slow. CIG will encourage other shareholders to hold directors to account and refuse to re-elect directors where the company is out of line with best practice.
3 min readSuccess for shareholders as ExxonMobil confirms implementation of resolution on climate change disclosure
12/12/2017
ExxonMobil shareholders have been informed by the Board of the company’s commitment to implement the recent shareholder resolution on climate change disclosure passed earlier this year.
2 min readChurch of England’s National Investing Bodies launch policy on investing in Extractive Industries
06/11/2017
The Church of England's National Investing Bodies (NIBs) - the Church Commissioners, Church of England Pensions Board, and CBF Church of England Funds (managed by CCLA) - today announced the launch of a new policy on investing in extractive industries.
8 min readNew Chief Finance and Operations Officer appointed
25/10/2017
Gareth Mostyn has been appointed as Chief Finance and Operations Officer for the National Church Institutions (NCIs) of the Church of England.
2 min readSteel and cement companies falling short in transition to a low-carbon economy
27/09/2017
New research by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) on the cement and steel sectors shows that few of the largest companies in these sectors are well prepared for the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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