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  1. Church Commissioners

    Church Commissioners for England launches the Investor Initiative on Human Rights Data

    27/03/2024

    The Church Commissioners, together with Aviva Investors and Scottish Widows, has launched the Investor Initiative on Human Rights Data (II-HRD), which aims to improve the quality of corporate human rights data available to investors.

    2 min read
  2. Text of the Great Commission

    No apology for spreading the gospel around the world

    14/03/2024

    For 2,000 years Christians have shared the gospel around the world, as Jesus commissioned his disciples to do, and will continue to do so

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  3. Oversight Group Meeting

    Church Commissioners for England warmly welcomes Oversight Group’s report

    04/03/2024

    The Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners has warmly welcomed the report of the independent Oversight Group, the recommendations from which will shape the new Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice. 

    5 min read
  4. Church of England Pensions Board logo

    Sustainability blind spot?

    30/01/2024

    For something that’s not well known outside the world of pensions, bulk annuities are surprisingly big business.

    3 min read
  5. Pensions Board preview image

    Five years after the Brumadinho Tailings Disaster

    24/01/2024

    Over half the mining sector by market capitalisation now committed to using global standard to manage tailings risk. $25tn investor initiative to target laggard firms.

    6 min read
  6. Food being picked in field

    Church Commissioners publishes report on human rights best practice for investors

    17/01/2024

    The Church Commissioners for England has explained how it is holding company management accountable to its investor expectations on human rights in a new Human Rights report.

    1 min read
  7. Tom Joy - Chief Investment Officer, Church Commissioners for England

    Church Commissioners’ CIO Tom Joy to leave post in April

    10/01/2024

    Tom Joy, Chief Investment Officer at the Church Commissioners for England, has announced his departure after 14 years in the role.

    2 min read
  8. Parish Giving Scheme

    Church of England’s Parish Giving Scheme now available across all dioceses

    04/01/2024

    The Church of England’s National Church Institutions have taken ownership of the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS), a free giving service that allows parishioners to donate to their church, with 100% of each donation going to the beneficiary.

    1 min read
  9. Isobel Mitchell

    Deforestation-free by 2025 – ambitious, but vital

    21/12/2023

    Comment by Isobel Mitchell, Responsible Investment Analyst, Church Commissioners for England.

    5 min read
  10. Church of England Pensions Board - Climate Action Plan 2023
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