With more than $46 Trillion in assets worldwide, pension funds are one of the largest institutional investors in fossil fuels.

Given the growing financial risk facing fossil fuel companies, it is no longer a responsible investment to put our hard earned pension dollars into an industry that is wreaking havoc on our planet and frontline communities. Nearly 30% of fossil fuel industry shares are held by pension funds – with as much financial power as pension funds hold, they could be a force to reckon with in the battle to address the climate crisis.

By financing fossil fuel companies, they enable these companies to continue to produce and burn more fossil fuels, driving up global greenhouse gas emissions at the very time when we need to be doing the exact opposite – urgently and rapidly decreasing emissions.

At Stand.earth, we are coordinating the Climate Safe Pensions Network, engaging in state and city pensions campaigns and mobilizing the power of the Stand community to pressure decision makers who control trillions of dollars. Unless we stop the money pipeline for dangerous fossil fuel companies, we have little chance of stopping the climate crisis.

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Climate Finance

Pension funds must put people before profit

Our tax dollars and retirement funds are being used to support the powerful coal, oil, and gas companies that are causing the climate crisis, polluting our communities, and violating Indigenous rights and sovereignty.

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Key Numbers

$100B
We’re targeting $99,966,421,305 worth of assets invested in the fossil fuel industry
250K
We’ve also mobilized over 86,825 community members to send over 250,000 emails to their state legislators.
3,000
Over 3000 people have called their state legislators demanding divestment.

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June 28, 2023

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Take Action

Send a message to the Oregon Treasury to demand divestment from fossil fuels

Our pensions shouldn’t be invested in increasingly risky fossil fuel assets. Instead, those funds should be put into climate-safe investments that increase our resiliency as a people and as a state.

Free our pensions from fossil fuels

THIRTY PERCENT of fossil fuel stocks are owned by… pension funds. But fossil fuel stocks are increasingly risky during this era of energy transition.

Worker’s pensions shouldn’t rely on risky fossil fuel stocks. Tell your state government to divest.

Email your State Legislators: Tell them to support the Treasury Transparency Bill

Let your Oregon state legislator know that you’re urging them to vote for the Treasury Transparency Bill.

Resources

Reports

The Biggest Malpractice: How Hospitals Betray the Public Trust with Billions in Fossil Fuel Pension Investments

April 26, 2023
Reports

East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline: Fueled by RBC

May 31, 2022
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Coastal GasLink: A dangerous project that blatantly violates Indigenous rights

March 22, 2022
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The Quiet Culprit

December 6, 2021

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