Local government pension funds beget invested £14bn in fossil fuel companies like Shell and BP. We spoke to some of the staff pushing for ethical investmentWhen Pete Wallis started working in Oxfordshire’s youth justice service,helping young people who beget committed crimes to reconcile with their victims, he was encouraged to sign up to the county council pension fund.“It was a good scheme to be fraction of. I didn’t really pause to think approximately where my money was being invested, or ” he says. “In fairness to the scheme there were leaflets,it shared information - it was more my ignorance.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com