The Church of England Pensions Board, with the UN Environment Programme and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds announced today a multi-stakeholder advisory panel to support the foundation of the Global Tailings Management Institute. 

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Brumadinho Tailings dam disaster that resulted in the deaths of 270 people, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Church of England Pensions Board announced the formation of an independent Global Tailings Management Institute aimed at driving mining industry safety standards.

The Church of England Pensions Board has won the ‘Engagement and Stewardship Champion’ category at the inaugural Institutional Investor Recognition Awards.

More than 30 leading financial institutions, representing over US$ 8.7 trillion in assets under management, including the Church Commissioners for England, have committed to tackle agricultural commodity-driven deforestation as part of broader efforts to drive the global shift towards sustainable production and nature-based solutions.

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).

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New core materials including nine daily podcasts are now available to enable congregations to take part in Generosity Week. 

The Church Commissioners for England has secured resolution to grant planning permission for a new 315-home community to the north of Falmouth, Cornwall. 

Institutional investors with more than $10tn of combined assets under management are supporting a shareholder proposal urging ExxonMobil to improve its disclosure of the impact of climate change policies on its business, despite Exxon's board recommending a vote against.

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