West Midlands publishes first local investment impact report
Published: October 15, 2025
The West Midlands Pension Fund has published its first local impact report, highlighting how the fund is supporting its local community.
Developed in partnership with The Good Economy, it uses the Place-Based Impact Investing Reporting Framework – something used to measure and report how investments benefit local areas.
All in all, it’s invested £203m directly in the West Midlands Combined Authority area – including funding for housing, infrastructure, commercial property, and small businesses.
Of this, it supported the creation of more than 250 jobs, helped deliver over 4,900 homes – including energy-efficient and affordable housing – invested in hospitals, schools and digital infrastructure, and provided support for local businesses in healthcare, green technology and manufacturing.
Explaining its findings, the fund said: “These findings are based on the portion of our portfolio that was analysed. While this does not cover all of our holdings, it gives us a strong starting point to understand our local impact and where we can go further.
