About Just Pensions
Just Pensions is a programme of the UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) - the UK's membership network for socially responsible investment (SRI). Just Pensions aims to educate and influence UK pension funds and other institutional investors about the importance of international development issues in their practice of SRI.
In addition to its education and awareness raising activities, Just Pensions co-ordinates in-depth research to assess current practice and works to address the blocks to the growth of SRI generally and pro-poor SRI in particular. Just Pensions also provides SRI toolkits for trustees, and engages with stakeholders on SRI best practice. Together with UKSIF and Eurosif, Just Pensions aims to raise SRI on the public policy agenda in the UK and Europe.
Whilst Just Pensions retains an explicit international development focus, it is sometimes necessary to extend Just Pensions remit beyond international development issues to encourage wider up-take of SRI by institutional investors in order to maximize the positive effects of SRI on the poor. Likewise, Just Pensions recognises the importance of not focusing exclusively on the pensions industry, and that it will, at times, be necessary to extend its focus to a wider set of investors (e.g. insurance companies, charities and foundations).
Just Pensions draws upon the expertise of a multi-stakeholder advisory board of SRI practitioners and other industry specialists and currently receives core funding from the Department for International Development (DFID).
