Greater Manchester Pension Fund fails to raise its game
12th January 2022Greater Manchester quietly published its updated Investment Strategy Statement in September. The changes followed a poorly publicised public consultation that received just 11 responses. However, 8 of those responses proposed that, “The Fund will decarbonise its portfolio by at least 15% per annum and become zero carbon by 2038 at the very latest, in line…
Read moreWeekly vigil outside the GMPF Offices
25th November 2021Watch an interview with our member Pete Somerville in which he explains why he is holding a weekly vigil outside the offices of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
Read moreNo more Blah Blah Blah!
12th November 2021No more Blah Blah Blah from GM Mayor Andy Burnham and Tameside Council Leader Brenda Warrington! Pensioners and pension fund members gathered to wake up Andy Burnham outside the GMCA offices at 8am last week. Now, as COP26 ends, campaigners from Fossil Free Greater Manchester are calling on Andy Burnham and Tameside leader Brenda Warrington,…
Read moreWake Up Andy!
2nd November 2021Pensioners and pension fund members will be making a noise to “Wake Up Burnham” outside the GMCA offices on Wednesday 3 November. We want GM Mayor Andy Burnham to support our call for the GM pension fund to take its money out of fossil fuel investments. Find out more in our Press-release.
Read moreFossil Free GM’s updated Fact Check Briefing
22nd October 2021We have updated our comprehensive briefing paper, Fact check: Why the Greater Manchester Pension Fund can and must stop funding the fossil fuel industry. Read our Fact Check Briefing by clicking here. “It is incongruous that a Fund which has relatively high levels of investment in renewable energy is making such slow progress in divesting…
Read moreSummer 2021 Supporters’ Newsletter
10th August 2021This newsletter has been sent to our supporters and we are also making it more widely available here at this critical point in the global climate crisis – on which GMPF has still to act with the seriousness and resolve that we all need whether fund members, elected representatives or citizens both locally and globally….
Read moreGMPF buys more shares in fossil fuels. Fund’s performance continues to slide.
7th June 2021PRESS RELEASE Immediate release – 7.6.21 from: Fossil Free Greater Manchester campaign group – contact details below. Despite the climate emergency, GM Pension Fund invested more in oil, gas and coal last year Campaign group Fossil Free Greater Manchester (FFGM) has revealed that the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) increased its holdings in fossil fuels…
Read moreFossil fuel holdings increase at GM Pension Fund
10th May 2021Reposted from The Meteor Thanks for covering this story. By Alex King Analysis of the Fund’s 2021 annual report by Fossil Free Greater Manchester shows the Fund increased its holdings of fossil fuel shares between 2019 and 2020, undercutting its claims it has made moves to divest. The Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) bought more…
Read moreFFGM Supporters Newsletter March 2021
19th March 2021A lot’s been happening! Dear FFGM Supporters, In this newsletter New data on dirty local government pension investments Our correspondence with GMPF Greater Manchester Councils speak up Action you can take Union members: petition to sign Despite the pandemic, we’re still working hard at Fossil Free Greater Manchester to persuade the Greater Manchester Pension Fund…
Read moreNew research: North West local government funds still heavily invested in fossil fuels
23rd February 2021Friends of the Earth and Platform press release Dirty pensions: North West local government funds still heavily invested in fossil fuels Local councils in the north west still have over a billion pounds invested in planet-wrecking fossil fuels through local government pension funds. Freedom of information requests by environmental campaigners found that, despite decreases in recent years, local government pensions in the north…
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