The Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme has made a £1.1m investment in Charity Bank and will take a 3.6% stake in the bank.

The report follows an interim announcement in June 2022, which reported for the first time, and with great dismay, that the Church Commissioners’ endowment had historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery*

The Church of England Pensions Board submitted a response to the consultation for the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s Exposure Draft IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information.

Volkswagen AG (VW) has rejected a shareholder proposal sent last week from seven European investors urging the company to explain how its lobbying activities help to address climate risks. 

A roundtable bringing together investors from around the globe with a shared ambition to support the mining sector was hosted this week by the Church of England Pensions Board. 

A year long global initiative is being launched to define an investor agenda to be achieved by 2030 for the mining sector.  

The Church Commissioners for England and the applicants, Shepherdswell with Coldred Community Land Trust and English Rural Housing Association, have received approval for 13 new homes in Shepherdswell, Dover.

The Church of England’s National Investing Bodies (NIBs) are delivering on their 2018 commitment to General Synod to engage with and disinvest from high carbon emitting companies that are not making progress to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2023. 

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

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