Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

BC public pension members seeking better investments. Won fight to divest $450M from Russia in 2022. Now asking why $100M+ is still in Big Tobacco. Also on 🦋

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

It's the year 2024, and BCI and BC Public Sector Pension Plans have at least $100 million (updated figure) invested in Big Tobacco. Sign this petition and tell them to quit! A short🧵 follows… https://t.co/4U3l2d3kMD

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Hi followers - please look for us over on the place with the blue 🧈 🪰. Much more productive and civilized over there!

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Hi followers - please look for us over on the place with the blue 🧈 🪰. Much more productive and civilized over there!

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

1/ The Canada Pension Plan is undermining its own net-zero pledge by committing over $3 billion so far this year to new coal, oil, gas and pipeline projects. https://t.co/3RVVjB45Hn

[Foreign Policy CAN @CanadaFP]

Today we solemnly mark 1,000 days since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine and almost 4,000 days since the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia.

Canada will continue to #StandWithUkraine for as long as it takes.

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Still asking why BCI + BC Public Sector Pensions have $10M+ in climate arsonist Enbridge… What kind of ESG framework allows this? @AdamScottEnv

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Here’s a 🧵 listing over a dozen of the firms doing business in/with 🇷🇺, in which BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans still have $100s of Millions parked. Remember, this is fuelling Putin’s genocidal assault on 🇺🇦. How does BCI’s ESG framework allow this?
https://t.co/FvVkW1T6B6

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

BCI + BC Public Service Pension Plans have $161 Million(!) of our pensions invested in climate arsonist Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. How is financing global warming in the interests of pension plan members and their families? @ActionShift @PatDeRocH @Seniors_CAN

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Remembrance Day seems like an apt day to ask again why CPP, BCI and other big Canadian pension plans are using our pensions to invest BILLION$ in fossil firms that are openly aligned with FASCISM! (oh yeah, and torching the 🌎 too). Examples👆+👇
https://t.co/FvVkW1T6B6

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

As the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in-person public meetings wrapped up last week, CPPIB-backed oil and gas companies have been busy pushing to prolong and expand the use of fossil gas. https://t.co/lmkN8cxJJ6 #cdnpoli #sustainablefinance @cppinvestments

[CAN-Rac Canada @CANRacCanada]

This announcement shows that Canada is listening and taking steps to meet the needs of Global South countries, but these efforts must be strengthened through a fair and ambitious #climatefinance goal that delivers at the scale and quality needed.💸

https://t.co/Zw9Ks1yfVv

[Stand.earth @standearth]

This just in: as #COP29 unfolds, 27 faith institutions just announced commitments to #divest from fossil fuels.

It's a moral imperative — AND financially responsible.

https://t.co/EuRbgLoNAM

[RazomWeStand 🇺🇦 @RazomWeStand]

https://t.co/224zePsBI8 🇺🇦@RazomWeStand calls on global leaders to prioritise clean #energy as the foundation for Ukraine’s recovery, security and independence.

Renewable energy is not just a tool for Ukraine’s recovery; it’s a strategic move to break Russia’s fossil fuel grip on the world. President @ZelenskyyUa and world leaders at #COP29 have a critical opportunity to invest in decentralised, renewable energy systems that will empower Ukraine to build back stronger, more resilient to attacks, and independent of Russia’s fossil fuel chokehold. @COP29_AZ

Click the link to read our official PR 👇

[Richard Brooks ☀️ @R_BrooksStand]

Breaking good news! 27 more faith institutions join the global fossil fuel #divestment movement by exiting investments in coal, oil and gas.

Congrats @OperationNoah @LaudatoSiMvmt @greenfaithworld for convening these new churches, dioceses & universities!

#COP29Baku

[100 Climate Messages @climatemessages]

" THE ONE THING WE NEED MORE THAN HOPE IS ACTION. ONCE WE START TO ACT, HOPE IS EVERYWHERE." - Greta Thunberg #Cop29 #COP29Azerbaijan

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Remembrance Day seems like an apt day to ask again why CPP, BCI and other big Canadian pension plans are using our pensions to invest BILLION$ in fossil firms that are openly aligned with FASCISM! (oh yeah, and torching the 🌎 too). Examples👆+👇
https://t.co/FvVkW1T6B6

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Hey BCI + BC Public Sector Pensions Plans!
Two years ago you grudgingly agreed to dump your 🇷🇺 stocks.
How about taking the next step and dropping Western firms that continue business in Russia? Their taxes + tech fuel the Kremlin’s war on 🇺🇦
Examples… 🧵https://t.co/exURIOc1oG

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

Your daily reminder that CPP, BCI and other big Canadian pension plans are using our pensions to invest BILLION$ in fossil firms that are both torching the planet AND fuelling fascists around the world. How is this good for our retirement security? @ActionShift @SenRosaGalvez

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

1/ An oil & gas holding company owned by @cppinvestments is part of an industry group behind an aggressive plan to finance Donald Trump's election campaign & secure the White House's comprehensive reversal of landmark federal climate initiatives. #cdnpoli https://t.co/LxgaF6eham

[Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @pensionsbc]

BCI + BC Public Service Pension Plans have $161 Million(!) of our pensions invested in climate arsonist Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. How is financing global warming in the interests of pension plan members and their families? @ActionShift @PatDeRocH @Seniors_CAN

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

1/ Following a slew of acquisitions, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) has doubled its oil and gas production over the last decade and increased output by 9% in 2024.

#cdnpoli #ableg https://t.co/VurwiXbkxl

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

There is no retirement security without a safe climate future to retire into. It could become impossible for pension funds to fulfill their mandate if we allow the climate crisis to spiral out of control.

#climaterisk #cdnpoli
https://t.co/XiGAvQaA7M

[Claire Kraatz @Claire_Kraatz]

We need folks in BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to sign and share. Protect what we love: End methane flaring near #schools and #daycares.
cc @CommonGoodYYC @GiantBlueRing @VibrantCalgary @ARPAChooseWell @EverActiveAB
@CPCHE_info

[Olga Rudenko @olya_rudenko]

We founded @KyivIndependent three years ago today, having no money and no clear idea of how we would fund our work.

Then, our readers showed up for us. Three years later, we’re asking for an additional 1000 members of our community to help scale our journalism.

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

Shift couldn't do our work without the energy & dedication of thousands of retirees across Canada calling on their pension managers to protect their pension and the planet. @Seniors_CAN @Gasp4Change #cdnpoli

Send a letter to your pension managers today. https://t.co/Us79Lq8cvS