Finance news

  1. Environmental Finance Magazine names Adam Matthews 'Personality of the Year'

    30/06/2020

    Adam Matthews, Director of Ethics and Engagement for the Church of England Pensions Board has today been named ‘Personality of the Year’. 

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  2. Investors voice support for first Global Tailings Review

    26/06/2020

    Co-conveners of the Global Tailings Review show their support for the first Global Industry Standard on Tailings Dams.

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  3. Statement from the Church of England.

    ExxonMobil AGM: voting results on Church Commissioners backed resolutions

    27/05/2020

    Edward Mason, Head of Responsible Investment for the Church Commissioners for England comments on today’s annual shareholder meeting at ExxonMobil.

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  4. Statement from the Church of England.

    Church of England Pensions Board to vote against Follow This resolution at Shell AGM

    07/05/2020

    The Church of England Pensions Board today has announced it will not support the Follow This Resolution at Shell’s forthcoming AGM.

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  5. Press release from the Church of England.

    Church Commissioners and New York State Retirement Fund release open letter to ExxonMobil Shareholders

    24/04/2020

    The Church Commissioners for England and New York State Common Retirement Fund have today written an open letter to ExxonMobil shareholders. 

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  6. The Church of England Pensions Board welcomes Shell’s Net Zero Commitment

    16/04/2020

    Comment from Adam Matthews, Director of Ethics and Engagement for the Church of England Pensions Board, in response to the announcement made by Shell today on plans to become a net zero emissions energy business by 2050.

     

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  7. SEC blocks Exxon shareholder proposal co-filed by As You Sow and the Church Commissioners for England for second consecutive year.

    23/03/2020

    Comment by Edward Mason, Head of Responsible Investment at the Church Commissioners for England

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  8. Statement from the Church of England.

    Church investors Announce Tougher Line on AGM Voting Policy

    10/03/2020

    The Church Investors Group (CIG or the Group), representing 70 members and £21bn in assets, has this week written to the leaders of FTSE 350 companies to inform them that it will be enhancing its scrutiny of corporates ESG aspects this AGM season.

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  9. Church of England Pension Board invests £600 million in global new stock index backing the Paris Climate Agreement

    30/01/2020

    ‘FTSE TPI Climate Transition Index’ launched at London Stock Exchange with £600 million allocation from the Church of England Pensions Board.

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  10. Young person holding a sign saying "there is no planet b"

    Church Commissioners for England today reiterated support for the climate-related shareholder resolution, filed against the board of ExxonMobil

    28/01/2020

    The Church Commissioners for England today reiterated support for the climate-related shareholder resolution, filed against the board of ExxonMobil, and calls on Exxon not to block the resolution going to a vote in 2020. 

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