The Church Commissioners for England, which manages the Church of England’s endowment fund, delivered a 5% return in 2022, a robust performance in the face of challenging market conditions. 

Church of England Pensions Board votes against Shell directors.   

The Church Commissioners for England is inviting applications to join the Oversight Group that will help to design and establish a new impact investment fund, being set up in response to research showing its predecessor fund had links to transatlantic chattel slavery. 
 

The Church Commissioners, which manages the Church of England’s £10bn endowment fund, will vote against all directors at the upcoming AGMs of Exxon, Occidental Petroleum, Shell, and Total, in response to their failure to meet climate change objectives.

The Church of England Pensions Board has been engaging with Volkswagen AG (VW) for over four years on its approach to climate change. 

Hannah Woolley has been appointed Secretary to the Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory group (EIAG), effective March 2023.

The report follows an interim announcement in June 2022, which reported for the first time, and with great dismay, that the Church Commissioners’ endowment had historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery*

The Church of England Pensions Board this week (Wednesday 14 December) will host investors, regulators, FTSE 100 remuneration committee chairs and other interested stakeholders to review the current state of executive corporate pay. 

Draft for Consultation

The Paris Aligned Asset Owners initiative, an international group of asset owners committed to supporting the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, has published its first Progress Report showcasing the steps asset owners are taking to reach their net-zero goals.