Dirty pensions: £10 billion still invested in fossil fuels by local government pension funds
Financial figures in this press release have been updated to reflect further information received from West Midlands Pension Fund, after the report had been written. Despite over 75% of local councils declaring a climate emergency, billions of pounds are still invested in planet-wrecking fossil fuels through local government pension funds. Freedom of information requests by environmental campaigners found that, despite decreases in recent …