Pension stewardship and COP26

Work and Pensions Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 29 Apr 2021 Closed: 2 Feb 2022 Parliament page
The UK hosted the 26th UN Climate Council Conference of Parties - COP26 - in Glasgow between 1 and 12 November 2021. In March 2021, the Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion announced that “world leading regulations” will come into force ahead of COP26, following the Government’s consultation, Taking action … Read more
15 Recommendations
5 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
2 Events
Activity timeline 4 events
17 Dec
2021
Report published
30 Sep
2021
Report published
14 Jul
2021
Oral evidence
30 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
14 Jul 2021
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Work and Pensions
Emma Varley · Department for Work and Pensions Guy Opperman MP · Department for Work and Pensions Pete Searle · Department for Work and Pensions
30 Jun 2021
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Pension stewardship and COP26
Andrew Ninian · Investment Association James Alexander · UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association Mark Fawcett · Nest Morten Nilsson · BT Pension Scheme Paul Bucksey · Smart Pension UK Sam White · Aviva Tony Burdon · Make My Money Matter
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - Pension stewardship and COP26 HC 238 30 Sep 2021 20 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
7 Recommendation Deferred
Fourth Report - Pension stewardshi…
We have not considered wider environmental, social and governance factors in detail during our inquiry.
We have not considered wider environmental, social and governance factors in detail during our inquiry. The Department for Work and Pensions’ consultation on social risks and opportunities by occupational pension schemes closed recently and it is important that these factors … Read more
Government Response
The government defers the recommendation, stating it plans to publish its response to the call for evidence in 2022, after the requested three-month timeframe. It clarifies that the call for evidence was information gathering, and any policy changes would require further public consultation.
Department for Work and Pensions
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Government Response AI assessment · 20 of 15 classified
Accepted 9
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 6
Total 15 recs + 5 conclusions