Tag: Pensions for Purpose

Pension funds slow to invest in biodiversity despite massive opportunities to support nature restoration

Stuart Mitchell

A new report reveals that while awareness of biodiversity risks among UK pension funds is growing, at least 62% are not invested in any natural capital assets. The research, developed by Pensions for Purpose and commissioned by Gresham House, highlights the opportunity for asset owners and managers to enable more resilient portfolios and bolster biodiversity by integrating nature preservation and restoration into their investment strategies. Pensions for Purpose is calling on asset owners and managers to start investing to preserve and enhance natural capital. Findings from the report – Natural capital…

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More than half of UK pension funds investing in people and planet

Stuart Mitchell

A survey of UK pension funds, representing total assets under management of c£150bn, reveals that just over 50% hold some form of impact investment (an investment that is focused on positive social or environmental outcomes, as well as a financial return). The research, conducted by Pensions for Purpose sponsored by Big Society Capital, shows that UK pension funds are increasingly taking impact investing into consideration, with 90% of respondents looking to make impact investments in the UK. Of the schemes already making impact investments, these account for almost 5% of…

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