The Sustainable Pensions Project
About the Project
The Sustainable Pensions Project encourages pension schemes of companies which are leading the way on corporate social responsibility (CSR) to consider environmental and social issues in their pension fund investment decisions. The project is being core funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and endorsed by FTSE Group.
Specifically, the project aims to influence the pension funds of companies listed in the FTSE4Good UK Index and in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Climate Leadership Index. It will collate information about the funds' responsible investment practices and their alignment with the corporate sponsors’ CSR and sustainability policies.
The project also targets the 99 members of the UK local government scheme, encouraging them to support the
Resources for Pension Funds
The project has published a number of reports and provides a range of resources for pension funds and their advisers.
Publications
- 'Local Government: Responsible Pension - Assessing responsible investment leadership by Local Government Pension Schemes' (Nov 07). The report features an innovative responsible investment self-assessment template developed by and for local government pension schemes.
- 'Responsible Business: Sustainable Pension - How the Pension Funds of the UK's Corporate Responsibility Leaders are approaching responsible investment' (Oct 07). The report ranks, for the first time, the pension funds of the UK's corporate responsibility leaders in their approach to responsible investment.
- 'Responsible Investment in Focus: How leading public pension funds are meeting the challenge' (Apr 07). This report shows how fifteen leading public pension funds are meeting the challenge of responsible investment. It was produced jointly with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Asset Management Working Group (AMWG). We have also produced a Reader's Guide for the report.
Sustainable Pensions Library
- UKSIF Sustainable Pensions Library brings together key documents and initiatives on responsible pension fund investment.
Quarterly e-newsletter
- 'Responsible and Sustainable Investment Update' is a quarterly update for pension funds and their advisers. It provides summaries of the key developments in responsible and sustainable pension investment as well as resources for pension fund trustees.
The Advisory Board
The project is steered by an Advisory Board of 10 people chaired by
Other board members include representatives of the BP and BT pension funds, the FTSE Group, Mercer, Hewitt Associates, ABI, the LAPFF and others.
