Category Archives: energy

Greater Manchester Pension Fund: an obstacle to action on climate change?

Posted on 9 November, 2017 by

A new report “Fuelling the Fire” shows that UK council pension funds are still investing billions (£16 Billion in fact) in fossil fuel companies. The sums invested have increased, although this is more a result of stock value and currency … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 2, Energy.

Posted on 30 March, 2017 by

We continue the serialisation of our report, Policies for the City Region.  This installment is about Greater Manchester using considerably less energy, and the transition to clean energy.  It is a long installment but we thought it best to keep … Continue reading →

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Greater Manchester climate campaigners not convinced by Pension Fund’s arguments

Posted on 14 July, 2016 by

Steady State Manchester is part of the coalition that came together as Fossil Free Greater Manchester (FFGM) to campaign for the largest local authority pension fund to divest from fossil fuels.  It is consistent with our thinking on the regional … Continue reading →

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Open letter on fossil fuel divestment to Chair of GM Pension Fund

Posted on 18 May, 2016 by

Steady State Manchester is part of Fossil Free Greater Manchester (FFGM), a coalition of organisations and individuals campaigning for the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to take its money out of fossil fuels.  This is part of an international campaign … Continue reading →

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Global emissions – a brief guide for the perplexed.

Posted on 22 March, 2016 by

This article now republished at degrowth.de as Again and again: supposed evidence for decoupling emissions from growth is not what it seems. Note: we have published other, including more recent, pieces on the myth of decoupling, including commentary on more … Continue reading →

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GMPF and fossil fuel divestment – update

Posted on 21 October, 2015 by

First the good news: we understand that Greater Manchester Pension Fund has agreed to update its “responsible investment policy” in line with current thinking on Trustees duties.  That is to say, it will now consider social and ethical considerations to … Continue reading →

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The decoupling debate, one year on: the global picture, and Manchester.

Posted on 30 September, 2015 by

update:  an updated and longer version of this piece now appears at degrowth.de and was also syndicated by resilience.org and This Changes Everything Note: we have published other, including more recent, pieces on the myth of decoupling, including commentary on … Continue reading →

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Not just ecologically, but financially unviable too: GMPF’s fossil fuel investments

Posted on 25 September, 2015 by

Our last post was about the fossil fuel divestment campaign that is focussing on local government pension funds, and in our case Greater Manchester Pension Fund. One argument made against the divestment campaign is that Trustees (responsible for the Fund) … Continue reading →

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