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MEDIA ALERT
The €7.5 trillion Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
appoints two new board members
London, May 24, 2013 - The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, which
represents investors and asset managers worth €7.5 trillion, has appointed Philippe
Desfossés, CEO of ERAFP, the French Public Service Additional Pension Scheme, and Craig
Mackenzie, Head of Sustainability at SWIP, the investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group, to
its board.
Philippe Desfossés was Special Advisor to the French Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
before joining AXA Group as Senior Manager in 1998, where he was also CEO of two
subsidiaries: International Finance Futures and Compagnie Financière de Paris. Prior to
ERAFP, Philippe was Director of Corporate Affairs & Business Development and an
Executive Committee member at Lilly France.
Craig Mackenzie previously headed the Responsible Investment teams at Friends Ivory &
Sime and Insight Investment before joining SWIP. He also established the Centre for
Business and Climate Change at Edinburgh University, and a specialist research agency,
ENDS Carbon.
Stephanie Pfeifer, Executive Director of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change,
said: “I am delighted to welcome Philippe and Craig to the board. They bring a wealth of
knowledge and experience at a time when getting the right climate policies in place has never
been more important.”
Philippe Desfossés said: “Left unchecked, climate change will lead to more extreme weather
events and seriously degrade the value of investor assets. Working closely with the IIGCC
board and wider stakeholder community I look forward to making progress in tackling these
challenges.”
Craig Mackenzie said: “Investors have a crucial role to play in the transition to a low-carbon
economy. I am pleased to bring my experience working on climate and sustainability
initiatives to my role as an IIGCC board member at a critical time in the climate debate.”
For further information please contact:
Morgan LaManna
[email protected]
+44 (0)207 960 2718
Nathan Williams, NEW Communications
[email protected]
+44 (0)7709 114557
About the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is a forum for collaboration on
climate change for European investors. It provides investors with a collaborative platform to
encourage public policies, investment practices, and corporate behaviour that address longterm risks and opportunities associated with climate change.
IIGCC currently has over 80 members, including some of the largest pension funds and asset
managers in Europe, representing around €7.5trillion in assets.
IIGCC pursues its mission through two strategic objectives:
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To change market signals by encouraging the adoption of strong and credible public
policy solutions that ensure an orderly and efficient move to a low carbon economy as
well as measures for adaptation.
To inform investment practices to preserve and enhance long-term investment
values.
For further information see www.iigcc.org
IIGCC Membership May 2013
Amundi
AP1 (First Swedish National Pension Fund)
HgCapital
HSBC Investments
AP2 (Second Swedish National Pension Fund)
AP3 (Third Swedish National Pension Fund)
Impax Asset Management
Insight Investment
AP4 (Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund)
APG Asset Management
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Kent County Council Pension Fund
ATP
Kleinwort Benson Investors
Aviva Investors
AXA Real Estate
Legal & General Investment Management
London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund
Baptist Union of Great Britain
BBC Pension Trust
London Borough of Islington Pension Fund
London Borough of Newham Pension Fund
Bedfordshire Pension Fund
BlackRock
London Pensions Fund Authority
Mayfair Capital Investment Management
BMS World Mission
Merseyside Pension Fund
BNP Paribas Investment Partners
BT Pension Scheme
Mercer Global Investments Europe Limited
Mn Services
CB Richard Ellis
CCLA Investment Management
Nordea Investment Funds
Panahpur
Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church
CF Partners (UK) LLP
PensionDanmark
PGGM Investments
Church Commissioners for England
PKA
Church Investors Group South Africa
Church of Sweden
Platina Partners
PRUPIM
Climate Change Capital
Co-operative Asset Management
Railpen Investments
Representative Body of the Church in Wales
Corporation of London Pension Fund
Robeco
Dragon Capital Group Ltd.
Earth Capital Partners
Sampension
Sarasin & Partners LLP
Environment Agency Pension Fund
Environmental Technologies Fund
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
Servite Friars
ERAFP
Ethos Foundation
South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
Temporis Capital
F&C Management Ltd
The Church of England Pensions Board
First State Investments
Five Oceans Asset Management
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth
Generation Investment Management LLP
Greater Manchester Pension Fund
The William Leech Foundation
United Reformed Trust Ltd.
Grosvenor Fund Management
Henderson Global Investors
Universities Superannuation Scheme
West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund
Hermes
West Yorkshire Pension Fund
Hermes GPE LLP