Stewardship Services
Description: The Authority requires a stewardship provider that supports the Authority in exercising its responsibilities as an active owner of assets on behalf of Partner Funds. This includes engaging with investee companies on financially material environmental, social and governance issues, supporting the exercise of voting rights, providing research and analysis on stewardship risks and opportunities, and reporting on engagement activities and outcomes
Summary: LGPS Central Limited is procuring stewardship services for the Authority and its Partner Funds, supporting their responsibilities as active owners of investments. The appointed provider will engage with investee companies on financially material environmental, social and governance issues, support the exercise of voting rights, research and analyse stewardship risks and opportunities, and report on engagement activity and outcomes. This is a specialist pension and investment stewardship service delivered for the Authority in the United Kingdom. The requirement covers pension services, including engagement research, voting support, market-level advocacy, stewardship reporting, data and platform services, and the operational arrangements needed to deliver these activities reliably.