by Lewis | Oct 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Timeline of Divestment Milestones All banks, pension funds, universities, and local councils have a responsibility to withdraw support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and its regime of military occupation and apartheid. More and more institutions are taking steps to...
by Lewis | Sep 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Find Your Local Petition Calling for Divestment Across Britain, scheme members and campaigners are demanding that LGPS funds divest from companies enabling Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians. You can find a template petition and leaflet on our...
by Lewis | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Divest for Palestine Now! Councils have an urgent obligation to divest local government pension scheme funds they administer from companies enabling Israel’s attacks on Palestinians, such as companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology. PSC’s...
by Lewis | Aug 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
We must oppose the government’s anti-boycott bill In July 2023, the UK government tabled the ‘Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) bill’ (or anti-boycott bill), which threatens to erode local democracy, restrict freedom of expression, and...
by Lewis | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Campaigns Continue to Demand an End to LGPS Complicity in Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Scheme members and human rights campaigners have continued to demand Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds end their investments in companies complicit in...
by Lewis | Jul 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
LGPS continues to invest £4.6billion in companies complicit in Israel’s abuses of Palestinian rights Our research has uncovered that Local Gov Pension Scheme funds continue to invest over £4.6bn in companies complicit in Israeli apartheid, including those...
