LGPS Divest

Local Government Pension Scheme funds collectively invest billions in companies complicit in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinian human rights.

Led by scheme members and their representative trade unions, we are campaigning to ensure administering authorities guarantee that scheme members’ money is not used to support Israel’s war crimes and violations of international law.

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Fund Investments

LGPS Divest

Local Government Pension Scheme Funds invest billions in companies complicit in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinian human rights.

Led by scheme members and their representative trade unions LGPS Divest is campaigning to ensure administering authorities implement adequate investment screening and due diligence procedures  to guarantee that pension holders money is not used to support Israel’s violations of international law.

Get Involved

Member of the public: Write to your Councillors

Write to your elected local councillors to ask they take immediate action to ensure LGPS funds administered by their council are not enabling Israel’s war crimes.

Template LGPS Letter
Write to your councillors

 Scheme member: lobby your pension committee chair

Use the template letter to write to the chair of your pension fund committee to ask them to address their fund’s investments in companies complicit in human rights abuses.

Template LGPS Letter
Use the template letter

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