The Church Commissioners for England, which manages the Church of England’s endowment fund, delivered a 4.1% return in 2023, marking the fifteenth year of positive returns, with the fund valued at £10.4bn at the end of 2023.

The Church of England Pensions Board today published its 2023 Stewardship Report, focusing on four key themes: Systemic Stewardship, Investing for a Sustainable World, Investing For a Just World, and Good Governance.

Church of England Pensions Board votes against Shell directors.   

NEWS /  The Church of England Pensions Board, together with investors with assets totalling nearly £50bn, has filed a shareholder resolution at Rio Tinto calling on the company to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies.

The Church Commissioners for England today reiterated support for the climate-related shareholder resolution, filed against the board of ExxonMobil, and calls on Exxon not to block the resolution going to a vote in 2020. 

The Church of England Pensions Board will vote for a climate lobbying resolution at Toyota’s Annual General Meeting on 18 June 2024, filed by Kapitalforeningen on behalf of AkademikerPension.

The Church of England Pensions Board, together with Swedish public pension funds AP7, AP2, AP3, AP4 and Danish AkademikerPension, has filed a case against Volkswagen AG. 

Letter from the Church Commissioners, Church of England Pensions Board and Environment Agency Pension Fund to the chair of Shell ahead of its AGM on 22 May.

Enslavement: Voices from the Archives, opens to the public at Lambeth Palace Library, in central London, on 12 January 2023.

NEWS / Edward Mason from the Church Commissioners for England, commenting on the Exxon Mobil AGM