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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 4, Fossil Fuel Divestment.

Posted on 27 April, 2017 by

We continue the serialisation of our report, Policies for the City Region. In this short installment we explore the ethical necessity and pragmatic benefits of NW institutions dumping their investments in fossil fuel companies and putting that money to better … 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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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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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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Campaign on Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s investments hots up

Posted on 24 September, 2015 by

Some months ago we reported on our attempts to encourage Greater Manchester Pension Fund to rethink its investment strategy, using explicit ethical criteria as part of its overall strategy for sound investments and returns, and in particular to move money … Continue reading →

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Greater Manchester Pension Fund: some positive moves but more ambition needed.

Posted on 13 March, 2015 by

What kind of a job are the city region’s investments doing in securing a viable future for the region – economically, socially, and for our living planet? Back in September, 2013, we wrote to the then chair of Manchester City … Continue reading →

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