New York Pension Fund Joins Multi-Billion-Dollar International Investors To Reduce Carbon Footprint

In a United Nations Environment Programme press release ---- the latest demonstration of institutional asset owners' commitment to climate action, New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF), the third largest public pension fund in the US with $184.5 billion in assets, has joined the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC). The CRF is the first major US pension fund to join the Coalition's 28 members, who between them control over $3 trillion in assets and have pledged to gradually decarbonize a total of $600 billion by designing investment portfolios with a smaller climate change impact. One year ago, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the CRF, announced plans at the Paris climate talks to position the Fund for a low carbon future. In partnership with Goldman Sachs, the CRF developed a low emission index, which steers assets away from large carbon emitters and increases investments in carbon-efficient companies. To get more in depth information on New York pension fund joining multi-billion-dollar international investors to reduce carbon footprint click on the picture below to read the article.