Pensions minister calls for schemes to step up environmental commitments

Kim Kaveh
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Pension funds can step up their environmental commitments by ensuring they take full account of climate change in their investment strategies, pensions minister Guy Opperman has said.

His words followed the government's Green Great Britain Week, which took place from 15 to 21 October. Its purpose was to demonstrate what businesses, including pension funds, have been doing over t...

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