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, LGPS Divest is campaigning to ensure administering authorities implement adequate investment screening and due diligence procedures to guarantee that scheme members’ money is not used to support Israel’s violations of international law.

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.

Oppose the anti-boycott bill

The bill would severely restrict the ability of scheme members of public sector pension schemes, like the LGPS, to ensure their deferred wages are invested in line with their values.

Template LGPS Letter

 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

News

East Sussex Pension Fund Divests From Elbit!

East Sussex Pension Fund Divests From Elbit!

East Sussex Pension Fund divests funds from Elbit SystemsIn a major victory for campaigners, East Sussex Pension Fund has revealed that it has divested funds from Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest private arms manufacturer. This follows months of pressure by scheme...

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UNISON Release Pension Campaigning Toolkit

UNISON Release Pension Campaigning Toolkit

UNISON Release Pension Campaigning ToolkitUNISON, the largest trade union in the UK, representing 1.3million workers, including thousands of LGPS members in the UK, have released a practical guide for scheme members to campaign to ensure their pension isn’t investing...

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Campaigners Keep Pressure on ESCC ahead of Full Council

Campaigners Keep Pressure on ESCC ahead of Full Council

Campaigners keep pressure on ESCC ahead of Full CouncilFrom Hastings Online Times: Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called on supporters, as a matter of urgency, to send questions to East Sussex County Council’s Full Council meeting on 1 December...

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