CCLA Investment Management, the UK-based investment firm that manages funds on behalf of the Church of England and others, is being acquired by Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited, subject to regulatory approval. 

London, 30 June 2025: The Church Commissioners for England today published a report on agriculture-driven tropical deforestation, focused on the pressing need to address deforestation as part of efforts to mitigate against climate change. 

A major refurbishment to improve the safety, accessibility and sustainability of Lambeth Palace has been completed.

The Church Commissioners for England has won two awards at Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Investment Awards.

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 will vote in favour of a resolution at Next PLC’s AGM, requesting the company disclose its approach to setting base pay and conduct analysis into uplifting pay for all its UK workers to the real Living Wage.  

In a boost to a significant conservation effort, the Church Commissioners for England has agreed a fresh lease with Butterfly Conservation at Magdalen Hill Down, a nature reserve on the edge of Winchester in the South Downs National Park.

Sir Robert Buckland has been appointed the new Third Church Estates Commissioner, succeeding the Rt Revd Dr Flora Winfield, who was recently appointed Bishop of Selby.

The Church of England Pensions Board is urging the public to back the #GomaCallForPeace calling on leaders to return to talks to prevent further loss of lives, the growing humanitarian crisis and risk of regional escalation.

This opinion piece by Alan Smith, the Church of England's First Church Estates Commissioner, was originally published in the Daily Telegraph on 14 January, 2025.