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Aviva, BP and Lloyds pensions chided for climate change inaction

MPs' report will be particularly embarrassing for Aviva Investors, which promotes itself as a responsible investor

Many large pension funds are ignoring the risks of climate change to their portfolio and the commitment made to address the challenge by world leaders
Many large pension funds are ignoring the risks of climate change to their portfolio and the commitment made to address the challenge by world leaders Photo: Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters

Some of the UK's biggest company pension funds — including those belonging to Aviva, BP, Lloyds Banking Group and HBOS — have been attacked for their inaction on climate change by an influential committee of UK MPs.

The UK Parliament said in March it would quiz 25 British pension funds, managing £555bn between them, on their plans to address the risks global warming might bring to their portfolios. Publishing its conclusions on May 25, the committee's chair Mary Creagh said: "A minority of funds appear worryingly complacent."

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