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    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.

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    Church 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.

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    Church 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.

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    Church 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.

     

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    Eight 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.

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    Church 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.

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    Success 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.

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    Church 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. 

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    New 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. 

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    Steel 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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