Question follow-through · 44972

Pension Funds: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that newly appointed pension fund trustees are aware of the responsibility to consider climate risks in investments.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
24 Apr 2025
Answer
24 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that newly appointed pension fund trustees are aware of the responsibility to consider climate risks in investments.

  2. 24 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    There are a range of governance and reporting requirements that trustees, including new trustees, must meet. For trustees in scope, this includes disclosing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies in the Statement of Investment Principles (SIP...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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