Question follow-through · 73099

Pensions: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered the risks posed by (a) climate change and (b) nature destruction as factors for the Pensions Commission to take into account.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 29 Aug 2025
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2025
Answer: 5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered the risks posed by (a) climate change and (b) nature destruction as factors for the Pensions Commission to take into account.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Climate Change Governance and Reporting Regulations in the UK already require trustees of larger occupational pension schemes to identify, assess, and manage climate-related risks and opportunities, and to report on these actions in a manner aligned w...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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