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All in favour say “aye” – How might board diversity change our decision-making process?

The Pensions Regulator has made its position clear – diverse and inclusive boards make better decisions. So across the pensions industry, trustee boards are thinking about how to increase their diversity (it’s not always easy to...

Finance & investment briefing – December 2021

Our Finance & investment briefing (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing TCFD: next steps for £1bn plus schemes Residual risks cover Legal update...

Consultation on changes to climate and investment reporting

Introduction On 21 October 2021, the DWP issued a consultation seeking views on proposals to require trustees of larger occupational pension schemes, authorised master trusts and authorised collective money purchase schemes (together,...

Call for evidence on consideration of social risks and opportunities by occupational pension schemes

Introduction On 24 March 2021, the DWP published a call for evidence seeking views on how pension scheme trustees understand social factors, and how they are included in their environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) policies....

ESG and climate change for pension funds – A guide to trustee disclosures from 2021

Welcome to our latest guide for pension trustees on ESG investment and climate change. We said in our 2020 guide that nothing stands still in the world of ESG, and that remains as true as ever in 2021. This will be our fifth guide for...

Disclosure and the ESG spotlight – will you be blinded by it?

For a trustee of a pension scheme, good communication with your members is increasingly important to get right.  You need to consider how to communicate – the method and the language.  But even more fundamentally, you need to consider...

Consultation: taking action on climate risk

Introduction On 26 August 2020, the DWP published a consultation on pension schemes’ governance and reporting on climate change. Initially, the proposed changes will be targeted at larger schemes, which will need to comply from October...