Legal & General ties boardroom bonuses to expanded net zero goals

Targeting managed and owned assets by 2050

Michael Holder
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Legal & General has pledged to halve the carbon intensity of its entire £95bn proprietary investment portfolio by the end of the decade and link its climate targets to boardroom bonuses, as the pensions, insurance, property, and asset management giant released its climate progress report yesterday.

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