New research shows divestment works!
Recently published research by the University of Augsburg shows that divestment works: Divestment resulted in reducing the divested...
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SURREY PENSION ACT NOW
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- May 25, 2021
- 1 min
IEA Maps Out 'Hugely beneficial' Pathway To Net Zero By 2050
The International Energy Agency has mapped out a comprehensive route to 2050 net zero which can create 'millions of jobs' and keeps the...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- May 21, 2021
- 1 min
Netherlands Court Orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions
Friends Of The Earth win a landmark case with court in The Hague ordering climate criminals Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% of 2019...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
Blackrock and Meketa Find No Negative Impact From Fossil Fuel Divestment
In fact the funds performed even better than had they been holding fossil fuel impacts, leading the two investment giants to...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
Methodist Church divests from all fossil fuel assets
The Methodist Church has correctly acknowledged that no oil and gas company is aligned with the 2015 Paris Agreement. The church cites...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
ESG Resolutions To Watch This AGM Season
Surrey Pension Fund consistently uses a 'strategy' of engagement to avoid genuine work on lowering the climate impact of their...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
University Of Michigan Commits To Divestment
Whilst Surrey Pension Fund continue to cherry pick statements about divestment - largely from ministers paid by the fossil fuel sector -...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Exxon Removes Nearly A Third Of It's Proved Reserves From Its Books
Last week Exxon wiped a whopping 30% of its proved reserves off its books! This is essentially The Entire Tar San. This is big news for...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Trinity College Commits To Dumping Fossil Fuel Investments by End of 2021
Cambridge institution commits to selling all fossil fuel investments by end of December as part of its climate policy pledges. Read more...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
UK Divest's report is released today
The release of UK Divest's report and interactive tool shows local councils hold upwards of £10bn of fossil fuel investments - despite...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
ANZ to stop lending to Australia's biggest coal port over its exposure to fossil fuels
In 2020 the bank adopted policies which prohibited it from making any new deals or refinancing companies with considerable exposure to...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
Have we reached peak oil?
As share prices drop, Europe's fossil fuel producers realise the shift to a low carbon economy is inevitable. The world's largest...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Oct 1, 2020
- 5 min
South Yorkshire Pension Fund Commits to Net Zero by 2030
Each new day brings a new embarrassment for Surrey County Council, with their excuses & evasion laid bare as other institutions...
Surrey Pension Act Now (SPAN)
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
London and Bristol to Divest from Fossil Fuels
As part of their COVID-19 recovery, 12 mayors from major cities around the world, including London and Bristol from the UK, commit to...
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