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  • UK climate policy row-back to harm transition plans, pension funds say

    29 November 2023

  • 74% of UK pension schemes have net zero plans

    24 May 2022

  • Pension carbon emissions framework launched

    02 February 2022

    A carbon emissions template (CET) which will help pension schemes calculate their emissions has been launched by the UK's Investment Association (IA).

  • UK regulator urged to bring forward asset manager TCFD disclosure obligations

    13 September 2021

    Large asset managers and life insurers in the UK should be required to make climate-related disclosures next year, the country's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been urged.

  • RPMI Railpen joins partnership exploring best workforce metrics for listed firms

    15 June 2021

    £32 billion ($45 billion) pension fund RPMI Railpen has joined the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)...

  • People Moves, 8 November: IFAD, SUSI, Liontrust, Label R, PLSA

    08 November 2019

  • Climate reference in UK pensions legislation would be ‘unhelpful’, argues PLSA

    19 July 2018

    A UK government proposal to require pension trustees to include climate change in their Statement of Investment Principles (SIPs) is misguided and could create more problems than it solves, according to a trade association.

  • UK pension funds advised to adopt TCFD reporting and engage on climate

    07 December 2017

    The UK's Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has warned of the "severe" short-term risks to pension fund investments posed by climate change, as it releases a framework to help them mitigate climate risk and exploit opportunity.

  • UK railway pension fund invests in rooftop solar

    12 December 2016

    RPMI Railpen, the pension scheme for the UK's railway industry, is to provide £20.3 million ($25.5 million) of inflation-linked debt capital to refinance a portfolio of rooftop solar installations owned by Foresight Group.