The Church Commissioners for England, in partnership with Westminster City Council, has unveiled a brand new public green space in Connaught Village, improving the pedestrian experience at the heart of the historic Hyde Park Estate in London’s West End.

The following is the transcript of a talk given at the Solaris Executive Leadership Academy by Alan Smith, First Church Estates Commissioner, The Church Commissioners for England, on 28 May 2025.

The Church of England Pensions Board’s Laura Hillis, Director of Climate and Environment, has been elected to the board of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

Responsible investing in the age of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence - The role of the Christian Investor.

Talk by Alan Smith, First Church Estates Commissioner, to the 2024 Church Investors Group Conference on 20 November, 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

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. 

Volkswagen AG is facing a shareholder proposal from seven European investors that are urging the company to explain how its lobbying activities help to address climate risks.

The Church Commissioners for England, as the Church of England's endowment fund has asked the BP board at its Annual General Meeting to say whether it plans to achieve net-zero emissions between 2050-2070.

The Church Commissioners for England announced today the appointment of Sofia Bartholdy as Net Zero Lead, a new role in the Commissioners’ Responsible Investment team.

Canon Winfield was ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1994. She has worked in parish and cathedral ministry, university and military chaplaincy, ecumenical and Anglican Communion relations, and humanitarian diplomacy, representing the Anglican Communion at the United Nations.