Pension Fund year-end reviews can often be difficult to navigate but they are also a ripe moment to boost your fund’s resilience by managing systemic climate risk and recognizing economic opportunities in climate solutions. This guide offers three overarching topics your fund will likely review and actions you can take. Download.

Gain insights on identifying the key individuals, opportunities, and relationships that will drive stronger policies and safeguard your fund. This guide also highlights practical power mapping techniques tailored for trustees to enhance their strategic influence. Download.

When a pension fund improves its policies and principles to understand better and limit climate risk, it is setting itself up for much stronger long-term health, financial sustainability, and security of public workers’ retirement futures. Discover eight questions to see if your fund is setting itself up for climate risk policy implementation and accountability. Download.

Pension trustees are responsible for managing climate risk across the fund’s entire portfolio. This falls within their fiduciary responsibility to ensure that decisions and actions are in the best financial interest of beneficiaries. Learn more about communicating the importance of managing climate risk with beneficiaries. Download.

Learn how pension committees with the expertise and resources to better understand systemic risks enable pension systems to effectively mitigate climate and equity risks, and promote corporate accountability for fund resilience and innovation. Explore fund examples and best practices. Download.

Effective climate risk analysis tools are essential for pension funds to identify portfolio vulnerabilities and assess companies’ transition readiness. Discover essential steps to investigate the quality of your fund’s climate analysis. Download.

Explore six examples of engagement that beneficiary groups can request from their fund. This is not an exhaustive list but rather intended to prompt groups to consider what form and function would be most effective and accessible for their fund. Download.

When pension boards and staff assess their risk exposure during "the year-end review," they set the stage for long-term financial stability and a successful transition to sustainable investments. Learn how trustees can advocate for a climate risk-aware asset allocation strategy to protect workers' retirement futures. Download.

The climate crisis impacts us all, but its burdens are not shared equally. As wildfires, heatwaves, and extreme weather events grow more frequent, they expose deep social inequities. Explore the impact on workers and communities. Download.

Discover tips for identifying the key people, places, conversations, connections, and shared interests for carving a path toward bolder policies and protections for your fund. This guide also demonstrates key power mapping phases. Download.

Discover ten common ways your pension can better tackle the impact of climate risk and corporate unaccountability on the fund's health, including expanding climate risk analysis tools and scenarios, strengthening proxy voting, and establishing a formal ESG committee. Download.

To make durable, equitable climate finance solutions a reality, it will take a coordinated concert of voices and stakeholders in the pension system to help educate and advocate. Discover potential policy decision points pension funds can consider for addressing climate risk with a just transition lens. Download.

Ensuring that your organizing approach aligns with your overall goals and resonates with your intended audience is key to making change. Learn how to balance creativity with strategic thinking to enhance engagement efforts and produce more impactful results with these ten questions to help you focus on strategic engagement. Download.

See how public pension funds are incorporating climate considerations into their investments to enhance long-term financial health and sustainability. Take a closer look at key examples of climate-aligned strategies, equipping pension stakeholders with insights into supporting climate resilience and responsible financial stewardship. Download.

Due Diligence should be included in the Investment Policy and shared with all parties responsible for investment decision-making. Explore benchmarks for consistent evaluation and ensure that your asset managers are using their shareholder power in ways that align with your fund's values and long-term goals. Download.

Explore a few examples of actions that a fund can take in three key areas—information access, authentic communication, and engagement—to demonstrate how pension funds can improve their transparency and interaction. This resource serves as a springboard for exploring the kinds of actions and improved standards you can call on your fund to improve. Download.