NEW REPORT
PENSIONS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Thousands of people, from policy-makers to investors, will gather in San Francisco this week to push for more ambitious action on climate change. To mobilise asset owners, AODP has published a ranking of the 100 largest global public pension funds on their responses to climate change.
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Nearly 90% of public pension savings exposed to global warming despite UN warning
87% of assets managed by the world’s largest public pension funds yet to undergo formal climate risk assessment. Risks associated with fossil fuel dependent investments are the most commonly identified climate-related risk, however only 15% of pension funds analysed...
read moreDespite widespread backing, less than 20% of global pension funds intend to report aligned with TCFD
Earlier in the month we were excited to launch our second AODP survey in 2018, shining our spotlight on the largest global public pension funds. We assessed pension funds representing over $11 trillion in assets under management (AUM), holding immense power, influence...
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September 10, 2018
Forbes (English)
Pension funds not accounting enough for climate change
September 10, 2018
Les Echos (French)
Public pension funds slow to move on climate change risk
September 10, 2018
Reuters (English)
90% of insurers’ investment strategies don’t meet global climate goals
June 18, 2018
Insurance Business (English)
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June 11, 2018
RMIM News (Chinese)
About AODP
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP), part of responsible investment organisation ShareAction, rates and ranks the world’s largest institutional investors and assesses their response to climate-related risks and opportunities. The ratings are made public, providing much-needed transparency for beneficiaries, clients, investors and stakeholders, and emphasised through advocacy and direct engagement to drive change. As the only comprehensive, climate-specific, independent, non-self-selective assessment, AODP prides itself on being the world’s benchmark of climate leadership in the investment system.