Make Workplace Pension Investments Sustainable By Default.


Make Workplace Pension Investments Sustainable By Default.
The Issue
Every month, over £6 billion of our hard-earned income is invested into UK workplace pensions - portfolios we didn’t choose and know little about.
Right now, that money is quietly funding fossil fuel expansion, deforestation, and environmental destruction - root causes of the climate and nature crisis already impacting us all.
Without knowing it, your hard work is fuelling an increasingly unstable planet - the same world you'll retire into and your grandchildren will inherit.
This isn’t just climate risk - it’s a serious financial risk to your long-term savings.
We’re asking the UK Government to take these simple, overdue steps:
🔹 Make sustainable investing the default for all workplace pensions.
🔹 Ban investment in fossil fuel expansion.
🔹 Mandate full transparency so every pension saver can see where their money is invested.
The UK has the third-largest pension market in the world, managing over £3 trillion. When we make workplace pensions sustainable by default, the ripple effect will be global.
Every payday matters so let’s make sure ours are building the future - not destroying it.
2,054
The Issue
Every month, over £6 billion of our hard-earned income is invested into UK workplace pensions - portfolios we didn’t choose and know little about.
Right now, that money is quietly funding fossil fuel expansion, deforestation, and environmental destruction - root causes of the climate and nature crisis already impacting us all.
Without knowing it, your hard work is fuelling an increasingly unstable planet - the same world you'll retire into and your grandchildren will inherit.
This isn’t just climate risk - it’s a serious financial risk to your long-term savings.
We’re asking the UK Government to take these simple, overdue steps:
🔹 Make sustainable investing the default for all workplace pensions.
🔹 Ban investment in fossil fuel expansion.
🔹 Mandate full transparency so every pension saver can see where their money is invested.
The UK has the third-largest pension market in the world, managing over £3 trillion. When we make workplace pensions sustainable by default, the ripple effect will be global.
Every payday matters so let’s make sure ours are building the future - not destroying it.
2,054
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Petition created on 21 May 2025