Asset Management

Climate concerns triggers LGIM’s divestment from AIG, Commercial Bank of China

Firm cited ‘unsatisfactory responses to engagement’ as reason for pulling back investment

LGIM has divested from AIG, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, PPL Corporation and China Mengiu Dairy due to their failure to respond to climate concerns
LGIM has divested from AIG, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, PPL Corporation and China Mengiu Dairy due to their failure to respond to climate concerns Photo: John MacDougall/Getty Images

Legal & General Investment Management, the UK’s largest asset manager, has pulled investment from insurance company AIG and three other firms over their failure to respond to climate concerns.

The £1.3tn fund manager said it has divested from AIG, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, PPL Corporation and China Mengniu Dairy for “unsatisfactory responses to engagement and/or breaches of ‘red lines’ around coal involvement, carbon disclosures or deforestation”.

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