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The secondhand clothing conundrum
With costs soaring for everyone except the companies churning out fast fashion, it’s time to change the way second-hand clothes are managed for good.
What did we learn from our campaign for Irvine Without Incinerators?
Late last year, after five years of building, and nearly two full years of local protest, Oldhall Waste Incinerator in North Ayrshire were granted the licence to fire up. This is expected to happen this month.
What comes next for the new Scottish Parliament?
This Scottish Government and set of MSPs will be in the parliament for five years – the critical time for finalising Scotland’s transition away from fossil fuels.
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Major investment manager BMO divests
BMO Asset Management will divest their entire ‘Responsible’ range of funds from fossil fuels by 2020!
Election candidates come out to support divestment
We asked candidates for this year’s council elections to support our campaign for divestment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,…
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…
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.
