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Notices of Amendments: 24 October 2013                  

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Pensions Bill, continued

 
 

 

Caroline Lucas

 

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Schedule  16,  page  88,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the ability of the scheme to generate sustainable investment returns.’.

 

Sustainability of private pensions: review of implications of climate change and natural

 

resource constraints

 

Caroline Lucas

 

NC12

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State shall commission an independent review of the

 

implications of climate change and natural resource constraints for the

 

sustainability of private pensions.

 

(2)    

In particular, the review must consider the implications for long-term investment

 

outcomes for members of work-based pension schemes of potential—

 

(a)    

systemic risks posed by high levels of exposure to fossil fuels and other

 

carbon-intensive assets;

 

(b)    

economic and physical impacts of climate change under various climate

 

mitigation scenarios; and

 

(c)    

constraints on the availability of non-renewable resources.

 

(3)    

In subsection (2)(c), “non-renewable resources” includes food, water, land and

 

energy resources.

 

(4)    

A report of the review’s findings, including recommendations to government,

 

must be laid before Parliament no later than 30 October 2014.

 

(5)    

The government must lay before Parliament its reponse to the review’s

 

recommendations no later than 30 January 2015.’.

 


 
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