Biggest investment in Church's history, with focus on support for churches in lowest income communities and safeguarding.

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 on Wednesday 30 April 2025 attended and spoke as a shareholder at the AGM of Anglo American in London.

The Church of England Pensions Board ('the Board’) has published its 2024 Annual Review, highlighting the progress made in growing its pension funds and offering greater choice and support to members as it approaches its’ 100th anniversary in 2026.

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.    

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.