All Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) articles
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NewsPensions investors nudge FTSE 100 companies to hold climate strategy vote
LAPFF and CCLA wrote to chairs of 76 FTSE 100 companies that have not held a vote on their climate transition plans
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NewsMajor investors sign up to address plastic pollution
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, PMT and PME are among the 70 institutional signatories
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NewsInvestors coalition creates platform to strengthen human rights stewardship
Labour Rights Investor Network demand oversight over labour rights by senior management of investee companies
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NewsInvestor group calls for climate vote at high-emitting companies
Investors including LAPFF, CCLA Investment Management and Ethos Foundation write to FTSE companies in high-risk sectors seeking AGM vote on climate transition plans
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NewsESG roundup: Investors call for voting on ‘Say on Climate’
Plus: Pass-through voting technology give path to effective stewardship, says Tumelo
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Stewardship roundup: tailings dam update, asset manager priorities
CEPB provides update on third anniversary of Brumadinho disaster
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European pension players turn to Asia to drive climate ‘breakthroughs’
Aviva, BMO, Fidelity, LAPFF, LGIM, and PGGM are founding members of new engagement platform
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NewsLAPFF-backed parliamentary group launches ‘just transition’ inquiry
Chair of local authority pension fund forum says more focus is needed on social dimension of energy transition
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UK roundup: LGPS Central emerging market bond fund launched
Plus: LAPFF seeks assurances over Arizona copper mine project
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Ethos includes ‘Say on Climate’ vote in guidelines
LAPFF also announced support for the campaign, in time for the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement last week
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IAS 1 faces UK endorsement challenge, LAPFF warns FRC
Once the UK leaves EU institutions at the end of this year, accounting standards will be handled by a new UK endorsement body
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ESG roundup: PRI enters ‘landmark’ collaboration on ESG reporting
Plus: big rise in number of pension plans formalising ESG beliefs; LAPFF, Australians on Rio Tino cave blast bonus cuts
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LAPFF backs concerns over Rio Tinto’s improved accountability
Questions raised about both the governance and human rights due diligence procedures
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LAPFF warns IASB proposals fail to satisfy UK post-Brexit legal test
The forum said that without ‘further substantial changes’ the new IFRS ‘as it stands is un-endorseable’.
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LGPS Central’s Segars extols resilience after lockdown fund launch
Asset managers with poor diversity won’t make it onto our books, UK pensions pool tells IPE event
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Local authority pension group calls for dissent at Exxon AGM
LAPFF says voting recommendation due to company blocking shareholder proposal from CA100+ investors
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ESG roundup: New COVID-19 bill to provide legal certainty about AGMs [updated]
Plus: ESG metrics, scores moves; COVID-19 corporate governance expectations; Folksam green bond purchase; Stewardship reporting
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Accounting roundup: ESMA addresses IFRS 9 COVID-19 implications
Plus: IASB delays insurance accounting standard; FRC reports on Kingman implementation progress
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Institutional investors’ delegation to visit tailings dam communities
Investors hearing ‘radically divergent’ accounts of disasters and follow-up action
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Pension fund group ‘brings mining community voice’ to investors
Direct exchange comes after positive feedback from investors to information relayed by the association
