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.

A global coalition of investors representing approximately USD 2.5 trillion in assets under management is urging governments to take ambitious policy and regulatory action to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss. 

The Church Commissioners for England has published its 2023 Stewardship Report, outlining the key steps taken to deliver on its responsible investment strategy focused on ‘Respect for People and Respect for the Planet'.

The Church Commissioners for England have announced their support for an activist investor campaign targeting ExxonMobil.

The Church of England Pensions Board (“the Board”) is today announcing it has completed a £145m “buy-in” with Aviva, the insurance, wealth and retirement provider.

Gareth Mostyn, the Chief Executive of the Church Commissioners for England, is stepping down after five years in the role.

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

The Church of England Pensions Board, alongside a group of UK asset owners and the High Pay Centre, has today launched the Fair Reward Framework in order to help inform investors on the debate around high executive pay.

Statement by Adam Matthews, the Principles for Responsible Investment representative on the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals and Chair of the Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030. 

Thousands of churches, cathedrals, schools and clergy houses in England will benefit from the first phase of grants and projects worth £30 million, as part of the Church of England’s ambitious plan to achieve net zero by 2030.