Church Commissioners join Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy network
01/02/2022
The Church Commissioners for England has today joined a network of like-minded investment managers and asset owners, to engage with, and steward companies through, digital governance best practices – an urgent concern in an increasingly digitalized society.
2 min readInvestor Action to Target Companies Not Implementing Global Industry Standard on Tailings
25/01/2022
Intervention comes on the 3rd anniversary of the Brumadinho Disaster that killed 270 people
5 min readChurch of England restricts investment in climate laggards
20/01/2022
The Church of England’s National Investing Bodies (NIBs) are delivering on their 2018 commitment to General Synod to engage with and disinvest from high carbon emitting companies that are not making progress to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2023.
5 min readChurch of England’s Social Investment Programme to support charities to recover from the pandemic
12/01/2022
The Church of England’s Social Investment Programme today announced a £1m commitment to the Recovery Loan Fund.
2 min readRev’d Canon Dr Flora Winfield appointed Third Church Estates Commissioner
11/01/2022
Canon Winfield was ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1994. She has worked in parish and cathedral ministry, university and military chaplaincy, ecumenical and Anglican Communion relations, and humanitarian diplomacy, representing the Anglican Communion at the United Nations.
3 min readChurch Commissioners named ‘Impactful Leader’
06/12/2021
The Church Commissioners for England won IPE’s award for Impact Investment at the European pension publication’s annual awards event.
2 min readStatement following Shell's decision to withdraw from the Cambo oilfield off Scotland
03/12/2021
Comment from Adam Matthews, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at the Church of England Pensions Board following the decision of Shell to withdraw from the Cambo oilfield off Scotland.
1 min readSome of the nation’s largest landowners make unprecedented pact to jointly tackle the climate and nature crises
29/11/2021
Some of England’s biggest landowners, who collectively own and manage around 30 percent of England’s land, sign pact to tackle climate change
10 min readTransition Pathway Initiative energy report finds only 1 in 10 companies are ambitious enough to keep global warming to 1.5°C
26/11/2021
Energy sector is improving its climate performance, but too slowly, concludes research from $39 trillion-backed Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)
2 min readEthical Investment Advisory Group welcomes Amanda Nelson
18/11/2021
The Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Nelson, CEO and Chair of Vodafone Hungary, to the Group.
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