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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey and Adam Barnett

Concern over Church of England pension board fossil fuel industry links

A flare burns excess natural gas in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas
The church has said it is still ‘engaging’ with key oil and gas interests rather than cancelling all of its holdings. Photograph: Angus Mordant/Reuters

Key members of the Church of England’s pensions board have strong links to the fossil fuel industry, research has shown, amid concerns over the organisation’s plans to end its investments in high-carbon companies.

Analysis by DeSmog, the environmental investigation group, has found three prominent members of the pensions board of the Church Commissioners, the body that looks after Church of England investments, with former or current roles in energy companies, while other major figures have indirect links.

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