Articles

Climate-related screening of investments gets continued ‘green light’ in new court ruling

09 May 2022

The High Court in England and Wales has confirmed that climate-related screening of investments can be a valid approach for charity trustees, in a case brought by trustees of two large grant-making trusts.

In a decision acknowledged as “momentous” by the judge, the court granted a declaration that the trustees of two of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts are permitted to adopt a new investment policy statement (IPS) with various climate and environment-related screens and, importantly, that doing so is a proper exercise of their powers of investment in line with their trustee duties.

To read the full article visit: 

https://www.abrdn.com/discretionary/insights-thinking-aloud/our-thinking/climate-related-screening-of-investments-gets-continued-green-light-in-new-court-ruling


)
Sign Up

Sign in to continue reading

Access all our articles and search the provider directory for free.