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  • Pension funds have 'unique' relationship with deforestation

    12 July 2022

    A guide on how pension funds can tackle deforestation, inspired by their association with asset managers, has been launched by Global Canopy, Make My Money Matter and SYSTEMIQ.

  • UK's largest pension schemes without net zero plans named

    08 June 2022
  • £300bn of UK pensions assets linked to deforestation

    23 February 2022

    £306 billion ($416 billion) of UK pensions is invested in companies linked to deforestation, according to analysis by non-profits.

  • Banks with $29trn in assets pledge to set 2050 'net zero' targets

    21 April 2021

    A group of banks with about $28.5 trillion in assets has joined a UN-convened 'Net Zero Banking Alliance', and in doing so pledged to "align operational and attributable emissions from their portfolios with pathways to net-zero by 2050 or sooner".

  • Scottish Widows urges £2.5trn UK pension industry to urgently close 'green gap'

    08 February 2021

    Scottish Widows has urged other UK pension funds to help close the £2.2 trillion ($3 trillion) 'green gap' following its announcement of strengthened climate targets, arguing the "steady progress" on climate being made by the industry was "not fast enough".