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.

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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.

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News

Campaigns Continue to Demand an End to LGPS Complicity in Israel’s Human Rights Abuses

Jul 12, 2022

Campaigns Continue to Demand an End to LGPS Complicity in Israel's Human Rights AbusesScheme members and human rights campaigners have continued to demand Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds end their investments in companies complicit in Israel's violations...

LGPS Funds Continue to Invest £4.6BN in Companies Complicit in Israel’s Abuses of Palestinian Rights

Jul 1, 2022

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 supplying...

Scheme Members and Campaigners Demand Justice

Dec 10, 2021

Scheme Members and Campaigners Demand Justice!Across the first week of December, scheme members and allies have been lobbying their funds to end their complicity in Israel’s violations of international law and Palestinian human rights. They've been calling on funds to...