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The Pensions Pipeline

£16 billion in local government pensions fuelling climate crisis  Press Release Monday 23rd October 00:01 £16 billion of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is invested in the fossil fuel industry, according to new analysis by Platform and Friends of the Earth. Despite clear guidance [1 ] that investors should not fund new oil and gas

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Divestment Day of Action: Councils, pension funds and financial institutions urged to stop investing in the climate crisis

Local authorities, pension funds and financial institutions are being urged to take action to simultaneously address the fuel poverty, climate and energy crises by fossil fuel divestment groups across the UK today (Friday 24 March). More than 30 groups across the country are expected to join today’s Divest from Crisis day of action, which has

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COP: Councils urged to ditch climate-wrecking pension investments

#StopFundingFossilFuels Day of Action  Protests take place across the UK over council investments in fossil fuels during COP26 – including Glasgow over Strathclyde Pension Fund  Local authorities must do far more to champion the fight against climate change by divesting from fossil fuels, say Friends of the Earth and campaign group Platform today (Wednesday 3

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Pension funds invest £2,000 in fossil fuels for every person in the UK – new study

UK pension funds have an estimated £128 billion invested in fossil fuels, equivalent to nearly £2,000 for every person in the UK, according to new research by Friends of the Earth released today. This is the key finding from “Polluted Pensions? Clearing the air around UK pensions and fossil fuels”, a new report[1] by Friends

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