The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) has welcomed BG Group's introduction of an external target to reduce its group-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Local authority pension funds have told Marks & Spencer that they do not support the company's decision to appoint Sir Stuart Rose as executive chairman.
The Falkirk and City of London pension funds are the latest local authority funds to join the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.
The Haringey and Waltham Forest pension funds are the latest local authority funds to join the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.
Performance-based pay for executive directors is not tied closely enough to management of non-financial business issues, research by the Local AuthorityPension Fund Forum (LAPFF) has found.
Cllr Ian Greenwood has been appointed as chairman of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum following its annual general meeting on Tuesday.
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has welcomed FirstGroup's appointment of Professor William B Gould IV as independent monitor within its programme tracking implementation of its policy on freedom of association.
Pension funds are being encouraged to engage with companies over merger and acquisition activity, following the publication of a trustee guide by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) at its annual conference in Bournemouth.
A leading pension fund body has shown its commitment to shareholder engagement by backing the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative in Partnership with UNEP FI and the UN Global Compact.
A quarter of the UK's larger companies do not provide proper reports to shareholders on audit practices, a leading pension fund group has claimed.
Investors are being encouraged to engage with companies over human capital issues, following the publication of a trustee guide by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).
1. Government should adopt more rigorous targets than those set out in the draft Climate Change Bill, a major group of institutional investors has claimed. The Government's proposed legislation calls for at least a 60% cut in carbon emissions by 2050, but the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) believes a tougher target should be set.
Just nine of the UK's leading fund managers publicly disclose comprehensive data on how they exercise their shareholder voting rights, with the majority of fund managers continuing to disclose no information at all, according to research by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).
Local authority pension funds are being urged to vote against the remuneration report of Shell at its forthcoming AGM following the company's failure to link directors' pay to management of non-financial issues, such as health and safety, with long-term pay awards.
LAPFF continues to press for remuneration reforms at BP in the wake of AGM vote
Local authority pension funds will oppose the remuneration report of BP at the company's forthcoming AGM as a result of concerns about insufficient linkage between executive pay and health and safety performance.
Shareholders are being denied information on companies' policies on equal pay despite its increasing importance as both a legal and corporate social responsibility issue, a major investor survey has revealed.
Pension funds will be able to assess their investment managers engagement with companies over labour standards in China using a new guide produced by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum
Local authority pension funds will initiate a major shareholder engagement campaign during 2007 aimed at improving company audit practices.
BP must make improvements to remuneration policy, due diligence processes and internal monitoring in order to avoid further damaging safety failures, LAPFF has told the company.
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) is a co-signatory to a letter to Christopher Cox, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), calling for the introduction of shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation.
Phil Woolas MP, Minister for local government and community cohesion will speak at the annual conference of the Local Authority Pension Fund (LAPF) Forum on the future governance of the local government pension scheme (LGPS).
LAPFF challenges UK fund management industry to make shareholder engagement effective: Updated Guidelines published
LAPFF challenges FTSE 350 on equal pay for women employees
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) today publishes the results of a major study on addressing and managing the risks relating to operating in the People's Republic of China.
LAPFF Pension Funds Challenge Royal Bank of Scotland On Remuneration Disclosure
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) today welcomed comments from the chairman of Tesco, John Gardiner, at the company's AGM that the company would "look again" at the issue of the existing directors' contracts.
Cllr John Saunders, Deputy Chairman of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum today attended the Glaxosmithkline plc AGM and challenged the board to justify the performance targets used to determine the vesting of options under the company's executive share option scheme.
Companies improve greenhouse gas reporting but further action needed
25% oppose Selfridges executive option scheme
Pension funds criticise Selfridges executive option scheme
LAPFF reveals new shareholder engagement on labour standards