Our Mapping Board and Influencers to Build Power worksheets help you identify the right people, conversations, and shared interests to strengthen protections for your pension.
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Our new Integrated Resilience Checklist is a practical starting point for asking better questions of employers, pension funds, and public institutions, organized around five areas where fund readiness and accountability can be assessed more clearly.
Narrative strategy is not a solo performance; it’s a collective practice.
Listening to co‑workers, trustees, retirees, and community members reveals shared patterns: flooded neighborhoods, heat waves on the job, or anxiety about whether pension funds are exposed to climate and other risks.
When workers talk about heat on the job, flooded communities, or wildfire smoke, they connect lived experience to decisions being made in financial systems.
That’s how abstract systems become something people can engage with.
How do pension funds move from recognizing climate risk to acting on it?
Our white paper, Unlocking State Power, explores the structural barriers that often stand in the way and the practical steps funds can take to move forward.
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Workers fight for fair wages, safe conditions, and the right to organize. But most have no idea their pension fund has anything to do with that fight. It does.
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You've spent years earning your pension. You deserve to understand it.
When workers connect climate and workforce risks to long-term economic stability, the conversation shifts toward stewardship.
As a nonprofit, our work is made possible by supporters who believe that stronger pension governance benefits workers and communities.
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If you believe public capital should help protect workers, communities, and long-term retirement security, consider supporting CFA.
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Our 2-page summary of Unlocking State Power provides a quick overview of the report’s key insights and practical pathways for trustees, union leaders, and public officials working to strengthen pension governance.
A helpful resource for sharing with colleagues and partners.
In Unlocking State Power, we examine the structural barriers that often prevent pension funds from investing in resilient infrastructure and local economic development.
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Our latest white paper explores how funds can overcome governance gaps, strengthen climate risk literacy, and invest more confidently in resilient infrastructure and modernized energy.
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How can public pension funds move from recognizing climate risk to acting on it?
Our new white paper examines governance barriers and practical pathways for aligning fiduciary duty with long-term economic resilience.
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If you’re interested in how climate risk, public finance, and pension governance intersect, our monthly newsletter is a good place to start.
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In our recent webinar, we brought together organizers, union members, and pension advocates to discuss how workers can engage with their funds without being financial experts.
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Explore why integrating workforce and climate standards is increasingly part of responsible pension governance on the CFA blog at www.climatefinanceaction.org/blog/workfor...
As more pension boards adopt Responsible Workforce Management policies, the connection between labor standards, climate risk, and long-term financial performance is becoming harder to ignore.
We push for pension governance standards that move money away from climate chaos and toward real solutions, and that protect workers’ rights, wages, and safety.
When climate and labor are integrated—not traded off—we can build an economy that works for the people and the planet.
“Public pension funds aren’t just passive allocators of capital. With the right tools and governance, they can be active drivers of climate resilience and economic stability.”
This is one of the key ideas in our latest white paper.
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Every organizing effort starts with a story.
Stories help people see the connection between what happens in their workplaces and communities and the decisions being made about how trillions of dollars in public pension funds are invested.
They remind us what’s at stake, and why our voices matter.
Stories about heat waves on the job, wildfire smoke in our communities, or flooding in our cities help connect everyday experiences to decisions being made in pension boardrooms.
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Our new white paper provides the roadmap:
👉🏽 Actionable strategies to move from passive awareness of risk to active investment.
👉🏽 Insights on integrating physical resilience indicators.
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CFA believes that leveraging public capital for a sustainable, pro-people economy requires integrating climate and labor standards.
Because when labor, climate, and capital are considered together, pension funds are better positioned to protect retirement security and support resilient economies.
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At the same time, unmanaged climate risk can threaten supply chains, infrastructure, and portfolio value.
At Climate Finance Action, we develop resources, workshops, and tools that help trustees, union leaders, and beneficiaries connect these issues to fiduciary duty and pension governance.
Workforce standards and climate risk are both material to long-term pension performance.
More state pension boards are recognizing that fair pay, safe workplaces, and respect for labor rights contribute to stable companies and stronger long-term returns.
Looking for a quick way to share the key insights from our white paper with colleagues?
We created a summary that highlights the barriers preventing pension funds from investing in climate-resilient infrastructure and the practical steps stakeholders can take to move from awareness to action.
