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Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Governance and reporting of climate change risks (1 September 2022)

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Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Governance and reporting of climate change risks

From:
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Published
1 September 2022
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Applies to England and Wales

Summary

This consultation seeks views on proposals to require Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) administering authorities in England and Wales to assess, manage and report on climate-related risks, in line with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

This consultation closes at
11:45pm on 24 November 2022

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on policy proposals to require administering authorities of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to have effective governance, strategy, risk management and accompanying metrics and targets for the assessment and management of climate risks and opportunities.

It also invites responses on proposals to disclose these in line with the recommendations of the international industry-led Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

It is proposed that LGPS administering authorities would calculate the ‘carbon footprint’ of their assets and assess how the value of each fund’s assets or liabilities would be affected by different temperature rise scenarios, including the ambition to limit the global average temperature rise to below 2 degrees set out in the Paris Agreement.

It is proposed that administering authorities should report on this annually, and that these reports will be summarised in an LGPS-wide report, including the overall carbon emissions of the scheme.

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Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Governance and reporting of climate change risks

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Ways to respond

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Email to:

LGPensions@levellingup.gov.uk

Write to:

LGF Pensions Team
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2nd Floor
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

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Published 1 September 2022


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