Enslavement: Voices from the Archives, opens to the public at Lambeth Palace Library, in central London, on 12 January 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*

Draft for Consultation

The Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group (“EIAG”) today published a report advising investors with Christian values how to approach investing in big technology companies. 

The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker, has written to the Editor of the Guardian following publication yesterday of an article about the Chair of the Church of England Pensions Board. 

The Church Commissioners for England believe that inequality represents a systemic risk that threatens our social systems and well-functioning markets, and as a responsible investor the Commissioners should working to address.

The Church of England Pensions Board submitted a response to the consultation for the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s Exposure Draft IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information.

The Church of England’s General Synod today welcomed the Church Commissioners’ and Archbishops’ Council’s long term spending plans.  

The Church Commissioners for England, which manages a £10.1 billion endowment fund to provide long-term financial support for the mission and ministry of the Church of England, has raised £550 million, made up of a £250 million Sustainability Bond with a 10-year maturity and a £300 million conventional bond with a 30-year maturity.

The Church Commissioners for England, a leading responsible investor with £10.1bn assets under management and signatory to the UK Stewardship Code, announces advances made in impact investing as part of its broader focus on three guiding pillars of work: Respect for the Planet, Respect for People and Corporate Governance.