UKSIF Response: Work and Pensions Committee Call for Evidence-Pension stewardship and COP26

Oscar Warwick Thompson
Oscar Warwick Thompson 16th June 2021

UKSIF has responded to the Work and Pension Committee’s Call for Evidence-Pension stewardship and COP26. In our response, we welcome the Committee’s inquiry considering how we can collectively better support pension schemes to make more sustainability-conscious investment decisions, and identify ways the UK can demonstrate leadership ahead of COP26.

This includes the UK acting swiftly in response to the EU’s sustainable finance package, and specifically its development of a taxonomy of sustainable economic activities and disclosure regulations for products. Our response also notes the lessons the UK could note from the experience of some countries considering integrating biodiversity considerations into financial services.

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