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Your pension helps shape the world we live in

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A pension you can be proud of

You might think that investing means choosing between your pocket or the planet. Thankfully that’s not the case.

Nest, our workplace pension scheme, carefully considers the impact their investments have on the world. They call that approach responsible investment.

What’s responsible investment?

When Nest puts your money into companies or industries, they look at:

Environmental issues, including climate change, pollution and more.

Social factors, like human rights or working conditions.

Governance, which means how well a company is managed.

Not only is your money invested in the stock market or in commodities like gold and wheat, it’s also put into green technology like wind farms and solar power plants. Nest also uses their power as investors to encourage companies to pay workers the Living Wage and to cut the amount of greenhouse gases and pollution they produce.

Why does it matter?

You’ll save into your pension over years, if not decades. So it’s not just about growing your pot today. It’s about making sure that your pot will keep on making money in the future.

Industries and companies that are heavy polluters, use child labour or don’t treat their workers fairly are less likely to do well in the long run.

Plus these kinds of businesses won’t build the society that we all want to live and retire in.

To find out more, watch Nest’s short video on how your money is shaping the world.

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