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Dear Cheshire West and Chester Council,

1) Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the 2018/19 financial year:
the sum total of pension fund assets under management;
-full details of what the Local Government Pension Fund currently invests in, including the full -name and amounts of each fund, bond, institution and investment held, by asset class or category, including specific equities;
-full details of any investments in: renewable energy, green technologies, social housing or community wealth building or low carbon funds.

I would like to receive this information in an unlocked excel sheet without protected cells (.xls). If you have to password protect the excel sheet, please can you also provide the password to the excel sheet.

2) Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or Council policy or strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment principles, or Investment Strategy Statements that commit to reducing investments in fossil fuel producers or to decarbonise the Fund

If one part of the request can be answered sooner than others, please send that information first followed by any subsequent data. If you need further clarification, please contact me by email.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Shoraka

FOI West, Cheshire West and Chester Council

RE: Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Case Reference: RFI 1999

Dear Sarah Shoraka

Thank you for your email.

It will be treated as a request within the meaning of the Act: this means that we will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you with the information which you want, or explaining to you why we cannot supply it.

If we need any further clarification or there is any problem we will be in touch.

Disclosures Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Tel: 0300 123 8 123
Email: [email address]
Location: Cheshire West and Chester Council, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port CH65 0BE
Visit: cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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FOI West, Cheshire West and Chester Council

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Dear Sarah Shoraka,

 

Thank you for your request for information of 3^rd December 2019 which has
been logged as RFI 1999 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. We confirm that Cheshire West and Chester Council
holds information relating to your request.

 

For the purpose of clarity your request has been reproduced below, with
responses,

 

1) Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the 2018/19
financial year:

the sum total of pension fund assets under management; -full details of
what the Local Government Pension Fund currently invests in, including the
full -name and amounts of each fund, bond, institution and investment
held, by asset class or category, including specific equities; -full
details of any investments in: renewable energy, green technologies,
social housing or community wealth building or low carbon funds.

 

The attached worksheet provides full details of Cheshire Pension Fund
assets under management requested in your first two points above. The
worksheet has two tabs, one showing summary information and the second,
further information listing the fund’s equity holdings as 31 March 2019.

 

During 2018-19 the Fund did not invest in any funds which had as a primary
objective the elements you list.

 

However in 2019-20 the Cheshire Pension Fund has invested £525m in the new
LGPS Central Climate Factor Fund, which will invest less in companies with
a high carbon footprint and more with companies focusing on developing
green technology. Further details on the Climate Factor Fund can be found
on the Cheshire Pension Fund website at the following link
[1]http://www.cheshirepensionfund.org/wp-co...

 

 

2) Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or Council policy or
strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment principles, or Investment
Strategy Statements that commit to reducing investments in fossil fuel
producers or to decarbonise the Fund

 

All of the Fund’s policies are available on the Cheshire Pension Fund's
website. Links to the Investment Strategy Statement and Responsible
Investment Policy are shown below:

 

·         Investment Strategy Statement:
[2]http://www.cheshirepensionfund.org/wp-co...

·         Responsible Investment Policy:
[3]http://www.cheshirepensionfund.org/wp-co...

 

 

We trust this answers your queries.

 

The Council considers that your request has been answered in full by
either confirming that information is not held, providing you with the
information requested, or explaining why any information has been withheld
and the reasons for any redaction. Where applicable, the Council has also
told you the reasons for the delay in responding to your request.

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled you can request a review by writing to the Disclosures Team within
40 working days from the date of the Council’s response.

 

You are entitled to a review by the Council if:

•             You are dissatisfied with the Council’s explanation of why
the application was not dealt with within the 20 working day time limit.

•             All the information requested is not being disclosed and you
have not received an explanation why some information is not being
disclosed.

•             A reason for the disclosures under the request being refused
is not received.

•             You consider that exemptions have been wrongly applied,
and/or

•             You consider that a fee has been wrongly applied.

 

Please set out your grounds for seeking a review together with what
specific part of your request those grounds apply to and the outcome you
are seeking. The Council reserves the right to ask you for clarification
of the grounds for your review request if the grounds are not clear, and
to delay commencing the review if such grounds are not provided.

 

The Disclosures Team can be contacted by email via:
[4][Cheshire West and Chester Council request email] or at the following address:

 

Disclosures Team

Cheshire West and Chester Council

4 Civic Way

Ellesmere Port

CH64 0BE

 

The Disclosures Team will acknowledge a request for an internal review
within 5 working days and complete the review as soon as possible and no
later than 40 working days from receipt of the request.

 

More information about the Council’s internal review process can be found
via:

 

[5]http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk...

 

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of your review, you have
a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45

Website: [6]www.ico.org.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Disclosures Team – Customer Relations and Information

Cheshire West and Chester Council

Tel: 0300 123 8 123

Email: [7][email address]

Location: Cheshire West and Chester Council, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port
CH65 0BE

Visit: cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

 

 

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