Lothian divests funding from non-Paris aligned companies

Hope William-Smith
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The Lothian Pension Fund has pledged to no longer supply funding through new bond or equity investments to companies not aligned with the Paris Agreement.

The £8bn Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund outlined the decision in its latest approach to responsible investing in the second issue of its ESG e-magazine ENGAGE, published yeste...

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