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People Moves, 28 March: Phoenix Group, Capricorn, Rebalance Earth ... and more

National Wealth Fund must bridge UK transition financing gap, says Phoenix

The UK's National Wealth Fund needs to bridge the financing gap between transition-focused local infrastructure projects and institutional investors, one of the UK's biggest pension providers has argued.

Investors 'will continue' to push BP for climate plan clarity despite rejection

Investors who urged BP to give shareholders a 'say on climate' will continue to push the company for clarity on the issue, despite BP ignoring their pleas to do so at its annual general meeting on 17 April.

Investors worth £5trn push BP for a 'say on climate', amid concerns it will abandon 2030 target

A group of institutional investors has urged BP to hold a shareholder vote on its climate transition plans, amid "concern" at reports the oil and gas company will abandon a key decarbonisation target.

Standard Life pension fund is 'first' to go all-in on UK SDR

Standard Life says its default pension scheme will become the "first" to align with the UK's Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDR), as it intends to allocate its capital to eight funds adopting the 'Sustainability Improvers' label.

Phoenix Group launches climate-aware benchmarks

Boards need to upskill on nature, investor claims

Boardroom education is needed to help companies integrate nature-based considerations into decision making, a financial services firm told an Environmental Finance event.

UK pensions taskforce tells regulators to consider requiring disclosures on social aspects

'Improvements needed across the board' on nature targets, says Phoenix

Improvements are needed "across the board" to help scale up nature target setting - but particularly on data and investor methodologies, Phoenix Group has said.

People Moves, 1 March: South Pole, PRI, Blue Earth Capital, United Bankers ... and more