Tag Archives: Green
Pension Schemes Bill is OK and moves to House of Lords
This article is largely taken from Pension Age; thanks to Sophie Smith, one of our brightest reporters and Deputy Editor of Pension Age. It reports the positions of the biggest parties by seats (though not popularity). I would like it … Continue reading
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Tagged Cnservatives, Green, Liberals, Pension Age, Sophie Smith, UL reform
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Is the idea of “green investment” really dead?
this time it’s actually happening: Labour will tomorrow ditch target to spend £28bn a year on green investment https://t.co/sPiNyuGnQ7 via @ft — Jim Pickard 🐋 (@PickardJE) February 7, 2024 I find the juxtaposition of these two headlines (one from today’s … Continue reading
Time for pensions to stand strong on green issues
Rishi Sunak has signalled the government could delay or even abandon green policies that impose a direct cost on consumers, as he comes under pressure from the Conservative right to create a dividing line with Labour at the next election. … Continue reading
Polls lie – votes don’t – why did we vote this way?
The people of England voted against the Conservatives on Thursday – they were unified in that. Those people were not so clear about the alternative, Labour picked up over 500 seats lost, the Liberals over 400 and the Greens close … Continue reading
What will popular reaction be to Nest going green?
In a recent poll by YouGov carried out a survey of 1,183 pension savers conducted by last July. It found that almost two-thirds of respondents thought their retirement scheme should invest in a way that reduced the damaging impact of … Continue reading
Boris Johnson’s 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution
This article first appeared in the Financial Times -17/11/20. To access the links you need to be an FT subscriber. Slowly but surely humanity is taking the upper hand in the fight against the virus. We have not won yet. … Continue reading
Green pensions? How the DWP are looking to take the luck out of the pot.
Gina Miller is right on this Encouraging people to go green with their #pensions is an excellent aspiration but be very cautious @GuyOpperman Until @TheFCA protects consumers by granting 100% transparency of holdings, acts to stop #greenwashing – this could … Continue reading
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Tagged Department for Work and Pensions, ESG, Green, Impact investment, luck, Pensions, Pot, SRI
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AgeWage – the value of consumer values
This article is by Oliver Tapper, who is currently working with me, taking a year out of University. It represents our thinking on how ESG should be integrated into our business and gives some thought to how our business can … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Environmental, ESG, governance, Green, pensions, Social
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How green is my pension?
Aberdeen Standard and FT sold out their conference on the DC investment default this week and kicked off the morning with a discussion on ESG and the greening of our pension pots. As I listened, NOW Pensions sent me a press … Continue reading