UK Divest

We support UK campaigns to divest from fossil fuels. A joint programme of @FoEScot and @PlatformLondon.

[UK Divest @UKDivest]

🚨 Join us, @TheFinanceLab and @HopeFTFuture to learn how to push your MP to support greener, fairer pensions for all, instead of pensions that invest in industries that make work worse and destroy our futures.

⏰ Oct 8, 6.30pm
👉 Sign up: https://t.co/2CL2tS2Yv3

[Finance Innovation Lab @TheFinanceLab]

More than £10.5bn of UK pension savings are invested in thermal coal - the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel. That’s bad for pension savers, the economy, and the climate.

Read our new research with @LINGOInitiative

https://t.co/QoiWY5nQeF

[Peers for the Planet @Peers4Planet]

New @TheFinanceLab research shows UK pension schemes still have c. £10.5bn invested in coal companies.

Peers have proposed practical changes to the #PensionsSchemesBill to support an orderly divestment - to protect pension savers and the planet.

https://t.co/RARrMPDwFm

[UK Divest @UKDivest]

Despite some major banks dialling back efforts to tackle the climate crisis, public support for climate action remains high. @ShareAction’s latest report calls on banks to stop financing new fossil fuels, set robust targets and respect Indigenous rights: https://t.co/PAdj80igyi

[Neil Duncan-Jordan MP @NeilForPoole]

When savings are pooled into pension funds the collective strength is huge.

That money should help rebalance the country & benefit ordinary people.

Pension funds could pay for more council houses and cheaper renewable energy, which would benefit us all.

[Neil Duncan-Jordan MP @NeilForPoole]

Workers’ pensions shouldn���t be tied to companies breaching international law.

Yet LGPS funds invest £12bn in firms linked to Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.

I’m calling for investment in what our communities need: social housing and green technology.

[Marloes Nicholls @MarloesNicholls]

This week parliament debated - for the first time - proposals to change the law that would make pension funds stop investing our savings in fossil fuels
As @MP4Stratford argues, action is needed to protect savings and uphold the UK's pensions industry ⬇️
https://t.co/BrZoKY7suQ

[Marloes Nicholls @MarloesNicholls]

Fantastic to join @NeilForPoole for an MP briefing this eve, alongside Prof Jen Churchill & @PSCupdates’s Lewis Backon.
We discussed progressive proposals to strengthen the Gov’s Pension Schemes Bill, incl. phasing out fossil fuel investments and ensuring worker representation.

[Boycott Bloody Insurance @BoycottBloody]

BREAKING: We can reveal that QBE is the insurer behind Reform UK - the party campaigning to ❌scrap Net Zero, ❌scapegoat migrants, and ❌serve fossil fuel interests.

Tell #QBE to 🛑drop the contract 👉 https://t.co/8dKy65mx3Y

#BoycottBloodyInsurance #ReformUK

[UK Divest @UKDivest]

Amazing work by divestment campaigners in NYC 👏 It's time for all pension funds to drop BlackRock - a vital move to protect workers' wages, our planet, and our futures.

[Fridays For Future NYC @FFF_NYC_]

🚨: @bradlander today announced recommendations to end $42+ billion in investment with BlackRock, as it leads funding of fossil fuels.

It’s now time for our pension trustees to follow Comptroller Brad Lander and deliver pension funds that don’t invest in our city’s destruction.

[Finance Innovation Lab @TheFinanceLab]

‘No system can be future-proof if it ignores…climate change and ecosystem collapse’
People deserve pensions that look to the future, not the past.
It’s time to move money into investments that support a secure retirement.
https://t.co/t4lNtwjkdS

[Platform @PlatformLondon]

🚨🚨 5 days left to apply!

We're recruiting a Worker Transition Campaigns Manager to coordinate an active coalition of climate groups and unions and win worker demands for public ownership.

🟠 £36,824.41 for 4 day week
🟠 Permanent contract

[Manuela Perteghella MP 🔶 @MP4Stratford]

📢Our pensions are currently fuelling the climate crisis with billions invested in fossil fuels. That's why I am proud to have submitted an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill recommended by the Better Pensions Coalition @TheFinanceLab
to ensure a better future.
@UKDivest

[Fossil Free Parliament @MP_FossilFree]

🛢️🌎 NEW: #KickBigPollutersOut reveals more than *5000 fossil fuel lobbyists* accessed the previous four COPs combined.

Little wonder the conference keeps failing to mandate a fossil fuel phase out.

There was never any time to waste: big polluters must be ejected from COP!

[Platform @PlatformLondon]

📢 @unitetheunion's new report reveals: £500/year of the average UK household's energy bills is going directly into energy company profits.

The UK has the highest energy bills in Europe because of our system is privatised. We must bring this essential service into public hands.

[UK Divest @UKDivest]

🚨 It's our last chance to ask our MPs to ensure the Pension Schemes Bill centres climate justice. If you haven't already, please tell your MP to support fossil-free pensions: https://t.co/JOsTt2gAus

[UK Divest @UKDivest]

"As someone who has spent years campaigning for climate action, I know how vital it is that our financial systems support a liveable future."

Brilliant to see @roz_savage MP supporting @TheFinanceLab's Pension Schemes Bill amendment to enable fossil fuel investment phase-out 💚

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Expel the Israeli ambassador.

Shut down the embassy.

Sever all diplomatic relations with the genocidal apartheid state of Israel.

[Global Justice Now @GlobalJusticeUK]

Big tech companies say they won’t let their cloud platforms be used to violate the rights of others, but will clearly make exceptions if the opportunity is profitable enough.

Brilliant investigation 👇🏼

https://t.co/HZBVkx67cl

[#StopRosebank @StopCambo]

BREAKING 🚨: Rosebank owner Equinor has just reported £4.7 billion in profit from the past 3 months.

While millions struggle with soaring energy bills, and climate impacts worsen across the globe, oil giants like Equinor continue to profit by keeping us hooked on oil and gas.

[StopEACOP @stopEACOP]

For communities in East Africa, climate change is real. We see it in prolonged droughts and flash floods, as well as the loss of farm animals, property, and extreme hunger. We agree that every generation leaves something behind. Let ours be justice! #StopEACOP!