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Responding to the Department for Work and Pensions Consultation on climate and investment reporting
In October 2021, the Department for Work and Pensions launched their consultation “Climate and investment reporting: setting expectations and empowering savers.” We welcome this timely consultation which introduces important and valuable new ways for pension schemes to invest lawfully, responsibly and with impact.
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Fiduciary Duty: a duty to care or a duty of care?
What does the legal obligation on trustees to act in the best interest of their scheme’s members mean in the context of the need to manage the world’s environmental and social challenges?
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Press Release: Impact Investing Institute welcomes Levelling Up white paper’s commitment to facilitating more local pension scheme investment in addressing place-based inequalities whilst delivering a financial return
The Impact Investing Institute welcomes the publication of the landmark Levelling Up White Paper and the ambitious, new approach it sets out, designed to re-focus Government spending on tackling place-based inequalities.
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Driving social and environmental change through shareholder engagement
Many socially-minded investors express their ESG preferences by divesting in firms whose practises they do not agree with. But engaging with listed companies as shareholders has enormous, and under-appreciated, potential to change the way companies do business.
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Fiduciary Duty in a Changing World: Impact Investing – the Why and How
How should pension funds, which hold some of the largest pools of capital in the world but have strict fiduciary duties, approach impact investment?
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The case for impact investing – what pension funds need know
This webinar explores why investing with impact is a smart decision for your pension fund and how pension funds can start thinking about making a change while delivering substantial financial return, today.
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Press release: Impact Investing Institute announces new Pensions Principles adopters
GLASGOW – The Impact Investing Institute is delighted to announce a series of new adopters and supporters to our Impact Investing Principles for Pensions, highlighting the role that pension schemes can play in the transition to Net Zero.
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Responding to the Department for Work and Pensions’ consultation on the consideration of social risks and opportunities by occupational pension schemes
In June 2021, the Institute submitted its response to the Department for Work and Pensions’ consultation on the consideration of social risks and opportunities by occupational pension schemes. The Institute strongly welcomes the consultation’s foresight in recognising the increasing importance of social factors for investing.
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Impact Investing Principles for Pensions
We developed four guiding principles for pension schemes that give an accessible, practical insight into the opportunity presented by impact investing and the concrete steps trustees can take to pursue an impact investing strategy.
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Impact investing by pension funds: Fiduciary duty – the legal context
We produced a paper that explains how fiduciary duty and impact investing are compatible, written and attested by five leading law firms and reviewed by a number of other lawyers and experts.
