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Compassionate Organising
Exploring barriers to participation in climate action faced by folks who experience racial and/or social marginalisation.
11 Apr 2023 emma -
BP’s Fracking Secrets: Pan-American Energy and Argentinaâs shale mega-project
BP plays a leading role in advancing one of the worldâs biggest carbon bombs, the Vaca Muerta shale mega-project in Patagonia. BP does not carry out fracking in the UK because the practice would “attract the wrong kind of attention”. This report by Platform with Observatorio Petrolero Sur reveals BPâs role in pushing forward fracking in…
7 Dec 2017 anna -
Councils: Fuelling the Fire
Councils: Fuelling the Fire reveals that UK councils invest ÂŁ16.1 billion of their workersâ pensions into companies that extract coal, oil and gas, fueling dangerous climate change. Download the report The report uncovers: Councils invest ÂŁ16.1 billion of pensions into fossil fuel companies out of a total of ÂŁ289.9 billion, new data reveals No significant…
9 Nov 2017 Sarah -
Fight BP’s Pinkwashing
A briefing for LGBTQ rights campaigners by No Pride In BP, Platform and People & Planet Download briefing as pdf Pinkwashing: (n.) a public relations tactic, involving an appeal to LGBT-friendliness, in order to offset or âwashâ over other questionable practices Is BP a queer-friendly company? âproud to be a business where you can be yourselfâ…
22 Feb 2017 anna -
Remember Saro-Wiwa, Refining Memory booklet
This booklet was published to go with the DVD ‘Refining Memory‘ by filmmaker Judy Price and artist Andy Conio, commissioned by Platform in 2005. The booklet contains essays by Platform, Ken Wiwa jr, and five international artists shortlisted for their proposals for the Living Memorial to Nigerian writer and campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa in the year…
19 Oct 2016 jane -
Reinvesting pensions: from fossil fuel divestment to reinvestment in the new economy
What if ÂŁ14 billion of local government pension funds, currently in fossil fuels, was re-invested to create environmental, social and economic benefits â as well as a sound financial return? Platform and Community Reinvest advocate for pensions and other funds to divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in the new economy â in economic activities…
24 Aug 2016 anna -
Our pensions, our communities, our planet
Trade union briefing: Our pensions, our communities, our planet How to reinvest our pensions for our good? Download the briefing (pdf) Local governments in the UK invest over ÂŁ14 billion of public sector pension funds into fossil fuel corporations. That means workers’ pensions are accelerating dangerous climate change. They are overly risky long term investments…
9 Nov 2015 anna -
Local Government Pensions, Fossil Fuels & the Transition to a New Economy
Local governments in the UK have pension funds worth over ÂŁ230 billion. ÂŁ14 billion of this – over 6% – is invested into fossil fuel corporations. The briefing Local Government Pensions, Fossil Fuels & the Transition to a New Economy analyses the breakdown of investments of all UK local authorities through their 101 pensions funds, responsible…
24 Sep 2015 mika -
All That Glitters: Sport, BP and Repression in Azerbaijan
All that Glitters was published to mark the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 European Games in Baku. The inaugural European Games Baku 2015 are about much more than medals. Held in Azerbaijan at the height of a systematic crackdown on human rights and democracy, the Games are the first of a series of international sporting…
11 Jun 2015 mika -
Mind the Gap: Contradictions in Tate’s ethical decision-making over BP
In 2016 Tate will decide whether to renew its current five-year sponsorship deal with BP. Tateâs Ethics Committee last reviewed BP sponsorship in 2010-11 to make a recommendation to the art museumâs Board of Trustees for or against renewal. This happened while increasing numbers of artists, Tate members, gallery visitors and commentators were challenging BPâs…
10 Jun 2015 anna
