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Energy bills are rising again – fossil fuels are the culprit

Households energy bills are rising again but we can break the stranglehold of the fossil fuel industry on our finances

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Calling on pension funds to face climate risks

We protested outside a big pensions conference to tell pensions fund managers to face the climate risk.

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We’re kicking off monthly national meetings for our movement to learn, share and plot together.

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4 May elections: do your candidates support green investment?

On 4 May new councillors will be elected across the country. Find out whether your candidates have pledged to support sustainable pension scheme investment that doesn’t drive climate change.

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Watch, listen and read: divestment is big news across the country

Hear more about our research on council investment and how we could bring green jobs to Scotland.

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New report published: “Divest and Reinvest – Scottish council pensions for a future worth living in”

Our new report, ‘Divest and Reinvest: Scottish council pensions for a future worth living in’ is now publicly available.

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Divestment: the Mercer report, and why it matters

In 2015, Mercer published a highly influential 100 page report that changed the way investors understand climate change.

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St. Andrews are speeding towards being 100% fossil free

Scotland’s third wealthiest university at St. Andrews in Fife have announced they no longer hold any investments in fossil fuel companies. The University publishes a list of its investments annually,…

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Splashes of green amongst the gloom: This year’s environmental victories for Scotland

For many of us, 2016 seemed like a particularly tough year. It brought some major environmental setbacks, culminating in the election of a new US president with an extremely regressive environmental agenda. However, this year was not all doom and gloom for the environment…

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Why is the Bank of England worried about climate change?

In the last few years the UK’s central bank has made a number of major contributions to the debate around climate change.

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A third of Scottish Universities divest as Abertay and UWS join the party

Student campaigning organisation People & Planet published the results of their University League, confirming that two further Scottish universities have divested entirely from fossil fuels.

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Let’s reinvest Scottish pension funds in communities

Last weekend I had a stand at ‘Idea Space’, a political festival run by Common Weal to share progressive ideas for how Scotland can prosper, become more equal, and be…

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