The Church Investors Group (CIG or the Group), representing 70 members and £21bn in assets, has this week written to the leaders of FTSE 350 companies to inform them that it will be enhancing its scrutiny of corporates ESG aspects this AGM season.

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. 

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.

John Ball, CEO of the Church of England Pensions Board, has been appointed to the board of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) Policy Board.

NEWS / The Church Investors Group has told FTSE 350 companies, ahead of this year’s AGM season, that it will take a harder line where reform in three key areas is deemed to be too slow. CIG will encourage other shareholders to hold directors to account and refuse to re-elect directors where the company is out of line with best practice.

A statement from the Church of England Pensions Board

The Church Commissioners for England made the following statement following ExxonMobil’s AGM.

A version of the following statement was made by the Church of England Pensions Board at Royal Dutch Shell’s AGM

The Church Commissioners for England has welcomed Bayer’s first Industry Association Climate Review, which the healthcare and agriculture company published as part of its engagement with institutional investors through Climate Action 100+.

The Church of England Pensions Board, a UK asset owner and a long-term shareholder in Anglo American, has today issued a statement on potential take-over bids for Anglo.