Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the pension fund has committed to partially divesting. For example, it has committed to divesting only from coal, tar sands or oil.
Second tier criteria met if the pension fund has committed to divest from all fossil fuels.
Divestment is the opposite of investment, and consists of stocks, bonds or investment funds that are unethical, and in this case, invested in fossil fuel companies such as Shell, BP and Exxon.
Where the council does not have control over its own pension investments, such as where the council pension fund is pooled between local authorities, we are looking for a commitment from the pooled pension fund.
Marked using data provided by UK Divest - https://www.divest.org.uk/commitments/
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single tier councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Islington | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Lambeth | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | 2/2 | -- | |
| Swansea City Council | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| London Borough of Haringey | 1/2 | -- | |
Aberdeen City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Angus Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bath and North East Somerset Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bedford Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Birmingham City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bracknell Forest Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bridgend County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Brighton and Hove City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bristol City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Buckinghamshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Caerphilly County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Ceredigion County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cheshire West and Chester Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
City of Edinburgh Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
City of London
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
City of York Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Conwy County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Coventry City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cumberland Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Denbighshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Derby City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dorset Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dundee City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Durham County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Lothian Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Renfrewshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Falkirk Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Fife Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Flintshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Glasgow City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Gwynedd County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Herefordshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Isle of Wight Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Kirklees Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Leeds City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Leicester City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Liverpool City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Barnet
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Bexley
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Brent
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Bromley
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Camden
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Croydon
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Ealing
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Enfield
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hackney
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Harrow
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Havering
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hillingdon
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hounslow
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Lewisham
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Merton
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Newham
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Redbridge
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Sutton
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Wandsworth
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Luton Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Manchester City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Medway Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Midlothian Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Milton Keynes
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Monmouthshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Newport City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Ayrshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North East Lincolnshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Lincolnshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Northamptonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Somerset Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Northumberland Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
Nottingham City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Pembrokeshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Perth and Kinross Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Peterborough City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Portsmouth City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Powys County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Reading Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Greenwich
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Rutland County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Salford City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Scottish Borders Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Sheffield City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Shetland Islands Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Shropshire Council - Unitary
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Somerset Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
Southampton City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Gloucestershire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Tyneside Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Stirling Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Sunderland City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Swindon Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Telford & Wrekin Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
The Highland Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
The Moray Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Thurrock Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Torbay Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Torfaen County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Vale of Glamorgan Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
West Berkshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
West Lothian Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Westminster City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Westmorland and Furness Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
West Northamptonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wiltshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wirral Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wokingham Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wolverhampton City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wrexham County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |