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Should we break-up RBS?
Ray Perman speaker at the launch of “Smaller, Greener Banking”, August 2014. Photo by Anne Schiffer. Ray Perman authored Friends of the Earth Scotand’s 2014 paper “Smaller Greener Banking: Banking for...
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UNISON joining the call for Fossil Free Pensions
Global Divestment Day in central Edinburgh, 14 February 2015. Image: Colin Hattersley / FoE Scotland. A new campaign is emerging to get the Lothian Pension Fund, one of Scotland’s largest public funds,...
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Scotland still needs a Green New Deal
By Matthew Crighton, Friends of the Earth Scotland The need for a Green New Deal remains strong in Scotland – fuel poverty, unemployment, increased casualisation, missing climate change targets. It’s...
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Divest and reinvest: 6 local governments that are innovating for sustainability
By Stuart Anderson. Opencast brown coal mining. Some public pension schemes are moving away from coal. Image by Petr Kratochvil. “The fossil fuel divestment movement is the fastest growing divestment...
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Fossil Free pensions: June brings wee green shoots of reform
John Finnie MSP talked about campaigning to clean up the Scottish Parliament’s pension scheme from inside the student occupation for divestment at Edinburgh University. Image: Ric Lander. Wee green...
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Where your money goes: a worldwide tour of Rio Tinto’s wreckage
By Emilie Tricarico. Canadian indigenous rights campaigners at the 2015 Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting. Image: London Mining Network. Rio Tinto employ over 60,000 people in more than 40 countries...
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Out, damned logo! Theatrical protest comes to Edinburgh Fest
By Jess Worth, BP or Not BP In May 2015 Holmes and Watson investigated BP sponsorship in the British Museum. Image: BP or not BP I never thought I was the kind of person who invaded stages. Raised by...
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A thriving, sustainable society needs democratic and accountable banks
Gemma Bone and Ric Lander Bailout protests on Wall Street, New York, 2008. Image credit: Eyewash, Flickr. If we want social change we need to think about finance. To create a society that lives within...
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Where your money goes: BP, corruption, spills, and “gross negligence”
By Emilie Tricarico Gilberto Torres speaking in Edinburgh, 20 October 2015. Photo by Ric Lander. “In a country where death, corruption and state terrorism are the law truth becomes a synonym for...
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Where your money goes: the toxic toll of BHP Billiton in Borneo and Colombia
By Emilie Tricarico and Stuart Anderson Samuel and Danilo at the launch of the Divest Scottish Parliament Pensions campaign. Photo: Ric Lander. BHP Billiton is the world’s largest mining company....
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UK Government is trying to stop divestment in England and Wales
The Chancellor, George Osborne, is leading local government pension reforms. Image by HM Treasury, Creative Commons. You may have heard in the news that the UK Government is trying to clamp down on...
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How the Scottish Parliament can remake banking for the common good
Phot by Eyewash, Flickr Following the release of a new report, Friends of the Earth Scotland finance campaigner Ric Lander explores how Scotland’s banking system could be transformed. Scottish banking...
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Campaign stories: International Festival drops BP
It was announced today that the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) is no longer taking sponsorship from BP: a great victory which draws to a close an inspiring 10 month campaign. The EIF’s...
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Offsetting mega-mining: nature for sale in Madagascar
Previously on the Friends of the Earth Scotland blog we have looked at a company called Rio Tinto – a global mining giant and major coal producer – as an example of the kind of unsustainable company...
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It’s time for a fossil free Church of Scotland
On Tuesday 24th May the Church of Scotland votes on whether to start moving their money out of fossil fuels. As a major Scottish organisation the Church of Scotland can show moral leadership on climate...
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RBS ends investment in tar sands!
A Guardian investigation revealed on Sunday that the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the world’s largest banks, has hugely reduced its investments in fossil fuels, including all finance for the deeply...
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Church of Scotland gets divesting
In May the Church of Scotland voted to stop investing in energy companies causing the worst climate pollution: producers of tar sands, a highly destructive form of oil extraction, and coal. A petition...
View ArticleDivesting from fossil fuels as we leave the EU
On 23 June the UK voted to leave the European Union. Given the EU’s role in negotiating carbon quotas, driving renewable energy and regulating manufacturing it’s clear that this decision will have wide...
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Let’s reinvest Scottish pension funds in communities
Last weekend I had a stand at ‘Idea Space’, a political festival run by Common Weal to share progressive ideas for how Scotland can prosper, become more equal, and be a good global citizen. Timed to...
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A third of Scottish Universities divest as Abertay and UWS join the party
Student campaigning organisation People & Planet published the results of their University League today, confirming that two further Scottish universities have divested entirely from fossil fuels....
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