Issue - meetings

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 7 June 2019 (PF3) and to receive information arising from them.

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 7 June 2109 were approved and signed as an accurate record of the Meeting.

Mr Collins confirmed that the Climate Change Workshop would be held on 8 November 2019.

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 7 June 2109 were approved and signed as an accurate record of the Meeting.

In relation to Minute 35/19, Mr Collins reported that the Climate Change Workshop would be held on 8 November 2019.  The Agenda and invite would be sent out as soon as a suitable location to hold the event had been found.

Councillor Mark Lygo had been asked to put the following question to the Committee on behalf of Fossil Free Oxfordshire:

“The government has recently passed legislation committing the UK to be carbon neutral by 2050, while Oxfordshire County council has committed Oxfordshire to be zero carbon by 2030 under their Climate Emergency motion. 

Obviously, these critical ESG decisions should set the terms of reference for any ESG climate policy decisions that will go into Oxfordshire Pension Fund’s new Investment Strategy document to be published in March 2020. Similarly, these government and county-level decisions should set the terms of reference for the climate change workshop. Could the Chair confirm that these ESG climate change red lines are communicated to the climate change workshop facilitator, so any discussions reflect them?”

The Chairman confirmed that the answer was ‘yes’.