The next frontier for responsible investment in pensions
While the pensions industry’s approach to ESG has changed considerably since three years ago, there are still opportunities for schemes to take advantage of, says Lauren Peacock.
Three years ago, Professional Pensions published an article with the headline Climate change is 'overblown nonsense' and not a material risk, says industry. Clearly, so much has changed since then....
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