Tag Archives: Climate change

Why investors don’t have to choose between their values and their pocket books

Posted on October 26, 2020 by henry tapper

This opinion piece challenging the win-win sales pitch of ESG investing has generated a huge amount of comment. https://t.co/bbpTwxMm5J — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) October 25, 2020 I am a 58 year old investor whose pension pot is invested mainly in … Continue reading →

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What do savers and pensioners say on climate change?

Posted on February 29, 2020 by henry tapper

  Three events have dominated my news this week The impact of Coronavirus on people, events and financial markets The ruling against Heathrow’s third runway interventions by the DWP to ensure schemes measure and mange their carbon footprint. The arguments … Continue reading →

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8.5m Nest members behind bid to buck-up Barclays

Posted on February 24, 2020 by henry tapper

  You may not know it, but you could just have become a stakeholder in how Barclays finances companies and in the process become a climate change activist. Share Action has co-ordinated a group of organisations , including NEST to … Continue reading →

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Time for pensions to act on climate change

Posted on February 21, 2020 by henry tapper

The DWP has written a letter to the Pensions Regulator telling it to set out its climate change strategy. The letter is a little awkward as it tries to shoehorn the need for this strategy into TPR’s core objectives.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the roaring twenties

Posted on January 1, 2020 by henry tapper

There’s a lot of mind-casting going on, us thinking  how things things have changed since 2010. But my mind is casting back further, back to the 1920s, the roaring twenties – where Britain emerged from a terrible four years of … Continue reading →

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Extinction , Boredom or Symposium?

Posted on October 8, 2019 by henry tapper

Frivolity of fidelity, mindless or mindful – which will it be? I am faced this morning with stark choice. Do I cycle on the north side of the river to join responsible asset owners and Adrienne Lawlor working out how … Continue reading →

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TPR moves on climate change

Posted on October 1, 2019 by henry tapper

Keeping the world fit for its inhabitants is not something for other people to do, it is our job – all of our jobs. So it is entirely proper for the Pensions Regulator to make the sustainability of our planet’s … Continue reading →

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Auto-enrolment pension savers could face significant losses due to poor climate risk practice

Posted on March 6, 2018 by henry tapper

    A new report by ClientEarth and ShareAction has revealed that millions of pension savers, including those signed up under the government’s auto-enrolment legislation, may face significant future losses due to lack of action from pension providers and their … Continue reading →

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A war on climate Trump can’t win!

Posted on June 1, 2017 by henry tapper

  If – as anticipated – Donald Trump goes to war on the climate and withdraws the USA from the Paris Accord – he will be the silliest politician since King Lear raged at the storm clouds! Not only will … Continue reading →

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Is the Green tide stronger than one man?

Posted on November 15, 2016 by henry tapper

  In the past few days the Paris Treaty has been ratified. One man, Donald Trump, has threatened to put the short term interests of his country above the longer term interests of the globe. Neither we nor his citizens … Continue reading →

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