How green is your #pension? 🌱
Great article from @JosephineCumbo via the @FinancialTimes on how to make sure your pension is in line with your values 🙌
Join us live tomorrow at 1pm where we'll be discussing how to move into a career in #socialimpact. We'll be joined by experts from @_SocialStarters and @MMMoneyMatter. Join the event to get a handy reminder when we go live: https://buff.ly/3spG9fh
Here's a small action for today if you haven't already done it:
Take one step towards in unhitching your bank and your savings from investments in coal or fossil fuels.
@MMMoneyMatter @TribeCapital @thepathuk @triodosuk https://twitter.com/PlanetBubble/status/1364845701197398017
“In January 2021, 4,488 institutional investors held investments totaling US$ 1.03 trillion in companies operating along the thermal #coal value chain”
If you ever needed more proof of how disconnected the market is from real life, there you have it.
https://coalexit.org/finance-data
Help stop the world from unravelling 🧵
If you have a #pension, you are powerful 🦸♀️
Make sure it builds a better world 🌍
#SaveTheWoollyMan #MartinFreeman
Join us tomorrow at our Open House and learn more about some of the benefits to working at Make My Money Matter such as ⤵️
🧘🏿Wellness subsidy ✅
🙋Volunteering leave ✅
🏠 Flexible working ✅
Register 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/3kagC71
'As we recover from #Covid19, there’s a huge commercial opportunity to invest in green. Investing in this way is a key ingredient to building back better.' – @Tony_Burdon, CEO, @MMMoneyMatter #COP26 #ClimateChange #ABIConf21
New research shows £10bn of Local Authority #pensions are invested in fossil fuels 🛢️
Teacher's pensions in fossil fuels? Librarians' in oil and gas? 🧑🏫🔥
Councils need to cut their carbon and listen to their members. The clock is ticking 🕚
Council pension funds have £10bn in fossil fuels
Local government pension funds have almost £10 billion invested in fossil fuels, despite most having declared a “climate emergency”.A rep...
www.thetimes.co.uk
Free on Thursday night? Looking for a new job?
Join us for an Open House where we’ll discuss the two roles we’re recruiting for, as well as our exciting campaign greening the UK pension industry🌱
🗓️ Thursday 25th Feb
🕕 6pm
🖊️ Register: https://bit.ly/3kagC71
🍿 Bring snacks
"We are in a real time of acceleration here" - Richard Curtis
Since the start of 2021 we've already seen groups like @ScottishWidows, @smartpensionuk and @WeAreCushon green their pensions 🌱
The rest of the industry needs to step up or get left behind.
Pension UK: 'One of the things to check' when it comes to your contributions
PENSION contributions are automatic each month for many people these days, however, it may be those who pay into a pension scheme want to make an impo...
www.express.co.uk
Looking for the next step in your #career?
Want to work for a campaigning organisation that lets their social media team use Pokemon gifs?
Come join us at Make My Money Matter!
https://t.co/nMl3bGJqmd
Running out of things to talk to your parents about? 😅
Here's a fun thing to try this weekend 👇
How to change your parents’ minds on climate change - by the Gen Zers who’ve done it
Young people are on the frontline of the fight for climate justice. But what do their parents think? Ella Glover spoke to three Generation Z climate a...
www.independent.co.uk
Great research from the @ThePLSA - 2/3 people think their #pension fund should help tackle #climatechange 💪
Take the next step. Contact your pension provider and tell them you want a pension you can believe in 👇
https://www.professionalpensions.com/news/4027320/most-savers-unaware-pension-scheme-tackling-climate-change
Ask Pension Providers To Go Net Zero
Be a Net Zero Hero and ask your pension provider to pledge to go Net Zero.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk
Yes @JamesWatt! 👏👏🏽👏🏿
We’re seeing more businesses like @BrewDog checking their workplace #pension matches their company values 🌱
Ask us if your company wants to do the same 📨
It's one of the most powerful steps you can take to tackle the #ClimateCrisis 🌍
CEOs: please review your company pension fund.
Most pension funds are heavily invested in fossil fuel companies. Companies which are accelerating climate change.
By moving your to a more sustainable alternative you can help drive the changes we need to save our planet.
"Normally you find that people are a bit shocked by the things they might be investing in"
Great interview with our co-founder #RichardCurtis on #pensions, #ValentinesDay and making your money matter ✊
Pensions, Actually: Richard Curtis urges Britons to check pension - 'weapon for change'
PENSION contributions are a monthly outgoing for many, but it's not something people will necessarily regularly think about beyond seeing it on their ...
www.express.co.uk
Most people don’t know what their pensions are investing in or the impact that those investments have on the world.
Please check out @MMMoneyMatter's latest video & sign their campaign on their website, to ensure your pension is your perfect match: https://bit.ly/3dfobba https://twitter.com/MMMoneyMatter/status/1359805563987755008
Roses are red 🌹
Violets are blue 💙
If you're going green 🌎
Make sure your pension does too 📈
This Valentine’s Day, make sure your pension is a perfect match ❤️
Swipe right at http://www.makemymoneymatter.co.uk/sign-the-petition
Make a change
Here’s what you can do to change pensions for the better.