92% of pension funds to allocate to renewables; Covid-19 recovery slows fossil fuel divestment

Hope William-Smith
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While the majority (92%) of pension funds in the UK plan to increase their allocations to renewables, the economic impacts of the coronavirus will see larger climate-positive moves such a fossil fuel divestment significant delayed, Octopus Renewables says.

Findings from the clean energy investor - released yesterday (23 November) - look at how Covid-19 has affected pension funds' action on climate-positive investments.  It shows institutional inve...

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