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. 

General Synod has called on the Government to introduce legislation requiring pornographic sites to use age verification systems.

NEWS / Church Commissioners for England file shareholder proposal asking ExxonMobil to set goals in-line with Paris Agreement

NEWS / This afternoon General Synod affirmed its support for the National Investing Bodies’ (NIBs) approach to tackling climate change, including its ongoing strategy of engaging with companies rather than prematurely disinvesting from them.

The Church of England has completed a review of more than 75,000 files with the publication of its national Past Cases Review 2 report

NEWS / Church Commissioners top rated for Responsible Investment by UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment.

Archbishop’s to give first online Midnight Mass as parishes register 50,000 services and events on A Church Near You site this month. 

NEWS / The Archbishops' Council has submitted a petition on the HS2 Bill to Parliament, regarding treatment of burial grounds and human remains.

NEWS / Statement on the sentencing of Peter Ball.