Campaigning is a key part of FairPensions' drive towards improving corporate behaviour through Responsible Investment. We aim to mobilise the financial power of  pension investments to create change: as major shareholders in  companies, pension funds have enormous power to improve corporate behaviour on the environment and human rights. FairPensions campaigns to ensure that this investor power is harnessed.

		Is your pension in Deepwater? The BP Gulf spill is a stark example of the inadequacy of UK pension funds' scrutiny of companies' exposure to environmental and social risk, but the problem is much wider. FairPensions is calling on the government to tighten up the regulations for pension funds, requiring them to state not just their policy, but how they act on environmental and social risks. Read more
		Tar Sands: Counting the Cost In 2010, FairPensions is campaigning on tar sands, persuading major investors to vote on tar sands developments at shareholder meetings of BP and Shell. We persuaded a group of investors to come out and say publicly that they will be pressing BP and Shell for a much greater level of transparency - in turn, we will be scrutinising them to make sure that happens. Latest campaign news
photo:energypicturesonline		Climate Change Campaign Our new campaign on Climate Change may be the most significant capital markets campaign ever mounted in the UK, driven by concern for the environmental and human rights impacts of climate change, and also the self-interest we all share in moving rapidly towards a low carbon economy. Read more
		Influencing the Investment Industry An important part of FairPensions' campaigning is direct engagement with pension funds and fund managers. Through dialogue, training programmes and presentations, we aim to show investors how Responsible Investment will complement and support their long-term financial best interests, as well as improving corporate impacts of human rights and the environment. Are you an investor? Read more
photo:Vidyadhar Sreeprasad/Oxfam		Past Campaign Successes FairPensions has a history of highly effective campaigning for Responsible Investment. Working with leading international charities Oxfam and CAFOD, we've successfully campaigned to secure the availability of affordable generic medicines in developing countries, and mobilised hundreds of pension-holders to call for action on destructive mining practices. Read more