2023 Action Scorecards

Action Scorecards 2023

Question: Has the council passed a motion in support of divestment from all fossil fuels from the councils' pension funds?

Question code
4.11a
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Divestment of Pension Funds
Source
National Data
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Points awarded if the motion supports the divestment of the council's own investments.

Points also awarded if the motion supports the divestment of the council's pension investments.

Clarifications

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.

Marked using data provided by UK Divest - https://www.divest.org.uk/council-motions/

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