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IIGCC appoints head of EU policy
London, 1st May, 2015
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, which represents more than 100 European
investors worth a combined €10 trillion, has appointed Martin Schoenberg as head of EU policy.
Martin will be responsible for developing IIGCC’s policy engagement at EU level, working closely with
IIGCC’s members and the policy group.
Martin was previously head of policy at Climate Change Capital. He has also worked for the German
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety focusing on the
European Council. At the ministry, he prepared meetings of the EU Environment Council with a
particular emphasis on climate-energy policy. Before that he worked for the United Nations on
climate-energy issues in Brussels (United Nations Environment Programme) and Bonn (United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).
Martin holds a BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in
International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and an MBA
from the University of Cambridge.
“We are delighted that Martin has joined the IIGCC team”, said Stephanie Pfeifer, IIGCC’s CEO.
“Martin’s extensive knowledge of climate and energy policy and investment background will help us
ensure that the views of institutional investors on the need for transition to a low carbon economy
are clearly heard and understood by policy makers across Europe in this vital year for climate policy”.
IIGCC is grateful to the Church of England National Investing Bodies and USS who have helped to
fund this position. Details of other funders will be released at the IIGCC’s AGM in June.
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Stephanie Pfeifer
[email protected]
+44 (0)7790 580 177
About the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) www.iigcc.org
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is a forum for collaboration on climate
change for European investors. It provides investors with a voice on climate change and platform from
which they can engage with policymakers, investors, sectors and other stakeholders on addressing
long-term risks and opportunities associated with climate change. The group has over members,
representing assets of around €10 trillion
The IIGCC’s objectives are to: 1) encourage public policy solutions that ensure a move to a low
carbon economy and which are consistent with long-term investment objectives; 2) improve company
disclosure/performance on climate change; 3) encourage a pro-active approach amongst asset
owners and asset managers on climate change
IIGCC Membership
Aberdeen Asset Management
Amundi
AP1 (First Swedish National Pension Fund)
AP2 (Second Swedish National Pension Fund)
AP3 (Third Swedish National Pension Fund)
AP4 (Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund)
AP7 (Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund)
APG Asset Management
ATP
Aviva Investors
AXA Real Estate
BBC Pension Trust
Bedfordshire Pension Fund
BlackRock
BNP Paribas Asset Management
BT Pension Scheme
CB Richard Ellis
CCLA Investment Management
Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church
CF Partners (UK) LLP
Church Commissioners for England
The Church of England Pensions Board
Church of Sweden
Climate Change Capital
Corporation of London Pension Fund
DIP
Dragon Capital Group Ltd.
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Earth Capital Partners
Environment Agency Pension Fund
Environmental Technologies Fund
ERAFP
F&C Management Ltd
Ferrostaal Capital
First State Investments
Generation Investment Management LLP
Greater Manchester Pension Fund
Henderson Global Investors
Hermes
Hermes GPE LLP
HgCapital
HSBC Investments
Impax Asset Management
Insight Investment
Janus Capital International
JOEP
Kent County Council Pension Fund
Kleinwort Benson Investors
Legal & General Investment Management
London Borough of Islington Pension Fund
London Borough of Newham Pension Fund
London Pensions Fund Authority
M&G Real Estate
Marguerite Advisor S.A.
Mayfair Capital Investment Management
Mercer Global Investments Europe Limited
Merseyside Pension Fund
Mn Services
Nordea Investment Funds
Northern Trust Asset Management
Ohman
OU Endowment Management (OUem)
PensionDanmark
The Pensions Trust
PGGM Investments
Pictet Asset Management
PKA
Platina Partners
Railpen Investments
Robeco
Royal London Asset Management
Sampension
Sarasin & Partners LLP
South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
Tellus Mater Foundation
Temporis Capital
Unipension Fondsmæglerselskab A/S
Universities Superannuation Scheme
West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension
Fund
West Yorkshire Pension Fund
WHEB Group
*The Church Investors Group members:
Baptist Union of Great Britain
BMS World Mission
Charles Plater Trust
Christian Aid
Church of Scotland
CIG South Africa
Friends Provident Foundation
Jesuits in Britain
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The Lutheran Council of Great Britain
Panapur
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
Religious Society of Friends
Representative Body of the Church in Wales
Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth
Servite Friars
United Reformed Church Ministers Pension Fund
United Reformed Church South Western Synod
United Reformed Church Trust
United Reformed Church Wessex Synod
William Leech Foundation
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Ltd. Co Registration Number: 7921860
Tel +44 (0) 207 960 2987 Email [email protected] Web www.iigcc.org
Postal Address
Second Floor, Riverside Building
County Hall, Belvedere Road
London SE1 7PB
Registered Address
IIGCC c/o JS2
One Crown Square
Woking, Surrey GU21 6HR