Southwark Council pension fund promises to divest from fossil fuels

Madeleine Cuff
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Southwark, with its £1.2bn pension pot, is now the largest fund in the UK to quit coal, oil, and gas investments

Southwark Council Pension Fund has become the largest in the UK to announce plans to divest from all fossil fuel investments, with councillors citing the growing financial risks of maintaining such investments....

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