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Responding to the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy’s Net Zero review
We recommend that the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy adopts a “Just Transition” approach, empowers individuals and considers the voice of communities in local investment decisions in the Government’s plans to deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Responding to the Pension Dashboards Programme’s call for input on design standards
In July 2022, the Pension Dashboards Programme launched a call for input on the design standards which Qualifying Pensions Dashboard Services must comply with when presenting pensions information to the user.
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Responding to BEIS, DEFRA and HMT’s call for evidence on the update to the Green Finance Strategy
In May 2022, BEIS, DEFRA and HMT published a call for evidence ahead of the UK government’s update to its Green Finance Strategy, expected later this year.
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Estimating and describing the UK impact investing market
Measuring the growing impact market’s scale potential and who is investing.
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Financing structures for place-based impact investing – what works?
In May 2021, our white paper “Scaling up institutional investment for place-based impact” identified a barrier which could prevent institutional investors from adopting a place-based approach: the lack of appropriate financing vehicles through which to invest.
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Originating place-based impact investments
The origination of place-based impact investment opportunities is highly complex, making it difficult to connect institutional investors seeking to adopt place-based strategies with the fund managers and enterprises who meet their needs.
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Investing with impact in the endowment
Our paper, “Investing for impact in the endowment: Why do it and how to get started”, is a practical guide designed to help foundation leaders and the constellation of professionals that surround them to make their first moves into impact investing.
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Responding to the FCA’s discussion paper on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels
In November 2021, the FCA launched a discussion paper “DP21/4: Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels” and sought responses both to the paper itself and the questions laid out in its annex.
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Can Charities Invest their Endowment with impact?
In this paper, we explain why we think charity trustees should feel confident in concluding that, in the round, both from a “mission lens” and a “financial lens”, impact investing is an approach which can most effectively advance the objects, mission, and work of the charity as a whole.
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Responding to the Department for Work and Pensions Consultation on climate and investment reporting
In October 2021, the Department for Work and Pensions launched their consultation “Climate and investment reporting: setting expectations and empowering savers.” We welcome this timely consultation which introduces important and valuable new ways for pension schemes to invest lawfully, responsibly and with impact.
