Pension Fund Consultation: Responsible Investment Survey

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Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund has launched a survey to provide scheme members, employers and other stakeholders with an opportunity to provide their views on a range of responsible investment issues.

The Fund manages £6.7billion of investments on behalf of over 100,000 scheme members and 200 employers in order to meet the costs of pension payments during retirement.

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a statutory public service scheme, meaning that members are guaranteed their benefits by law. If investments do not perform well, it is the employers, not members that may have to pay more to cover the shortfall. To avoid any shortfall, the Fund invests in lots of different types of assets with the aim to grow the pot of money over time to meet these benefit payments.

The Fund previously engaged with scheme members and employers as part of development of the Fund’s Net Zero Climate Strategy in 2022/23 where the majority supported the approach. More information on progress since that consultation is available under You Said, We Did: The Net Zero Climate Strategy for the Pension Fund

We are now looking to further hear your views on the Fund’s approach to investment in relation to environmental, social and governance factors, and how we manage climate risk as part of an upcoming review into the Fund’s climate strategy.

Your views will be considered as part of development of Fund policies and engagement with our partners and investment managers.

Please submit your views to our online survey

The closing date is 5 January 2026. The outcome will be presented to the Local Pension Committee.

If you require a paper copy of the survey, please contact the Pensions Investments team.