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Funds are failing to address climate risk in their portfolios due to a continued short-term investment focus, a ShareAction report finds.

Helen Morrissey looks at growing interest in sustainable investment

The Prince of Wales has called on the pensions industry to ditch its "short-term outlook" or risk condemning the country to a "miserable future".

Schemes were urged to work with each other and government to embed sustainable practices in the industry by BT Pension Scheme chairman Paul Spencer.

The AMNT’s John Gray asks if investment is any more ethical now than in the bad old days of the last century

UK pension funds' approach to carbon holdings and sustainability risks is "very varied", ShareAction chief executive Catherine Howarth says.

How trustees can bring responsible ownership into the mainstream

Naomi Rainey looks at reaction to the BIS Committee report implementing Kay

The Archbishop of Canterbury has fuelled the debate on ethical investment by pension schemes after it was revealed the Church of England scheme invests indirectly in a payday lender.

Threadneedle has secured investment from two Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds for its low-carbon investment proposition.