Engagement and divestment – Rachel Lewis

Is it time for pension schemes to vote with their feet?

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... During this Paris Alignment all-stakeholder session the speakers investigated the theory of engagement with investee companies, explored the nuances that constitute effective stewardship, and discussed how to distinguish different approaches.

After a decade of engagement, the Church of England Pension Board recently decided to disinvest from Shell and some other oil and gas companies as a result of their inaction to decarbonise in line with the Paris Agreement.

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