The Church of England's National Investing Bodies (NIBs) - the Church Commissioners, Church of England Pensions Board, and CBF Church of England Funds (managed by CCLA) - today announced the launch of a new policy on investing in extractive industries. 

The Church Commissioners for England has agreed a 15-year lease with the National Theatre for a 36,000 sq. ft. warehouse in South Bermondsey, London, to promote the sustainable reuse and recycling of the theatre company’s costumes, props and scenery. 

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.

Some of England’s biggest landowners, who collectively own and manage around 30 percent of England’s land, sign pact to tackle climate change 

Deforestation sits at the heart of climate, biodiversity and food and water security challenges, all of which many parts of the world are currently struggling to address.

Today in Davos, the Church of England’s three National Investing Bodies (NIBS) representing over £12 billion in assets under management, have joined the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance.

The Church of England Pensions Board has welcomed National Grid's commitment to publishing a comprehensive review of their lobbying activities on climate change, reversing their previous refusal to do so.

The Church of England’s National Investing Bodies (NIBs) today updated General Synod on their progress against climate change measures agreed in July 2018. The update was presented by Loretta Minghella, First Church Estates Commissioner, and Clive Mather, Chair of the Church of England Pensions Board.

The Church Commissioners for England and the Church of England Pensions Board, representing £8.7 billion and £2.8 billion assets under management respectively, today joined the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds and other major investors in making clear expectations for Big Tech companies with regards to human rights.

The Church of England Pensions Board will vote against the re-election of National Grid’s Chair, Paula Rosput Reynolds, and Chief Executive Officer, John Pettigrew, due to a failure to produce disclosure on the company’s lobbying activities on climate change.