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NEWS / Statement on Bishop George Bell case
NEWS / The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Peter Hancock, the Church of England’s lead safeguarding bishop addressed February’s Synod on national developments and the Church’s preparation for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, IICSA.
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.
A shareholder resolution co-filed by the Church of England Pensions Board focusing on Rio Tinto’s relationship with lobby groups drew over 18% of the vote at the Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) in Melbourne today.
Safeguarding resources, for use in churches across the country, including Bible readings, prayers and suggested hymns, chosen in consultation with survivors, have been published today
General Synod today voted to endorse key priorities for action on safeguarding, focusing on themes which came out of the first set of hearings, in March, by IICSA (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) into the ‘Anglican Church’.
Transition Pathway Initiative new analysis of the electricity, coal and oil and gas sectors
This afternoon General Synod affirmed its support for the National Investing Bodies’ (NIBs) approach to tackling climate change, including its ongoing strategy of engaging with companies rather than prematurely disinvesting from them.
Read the opening statement on behalf of the Archbishops’ Council as part of the IICSA hearing into Peter Ball.
An influential $2 trillion group of investors, led by the Church of England Pensions Board and Swedish national pension fund AP7, have today challenged 55 large European companies on their approach to climate lobbying.