Stop Dangerous Mines!
FairPensions has joined together with the development charity CAFOD to ensure that pension funds and their fund managers pay attention to the human rights and environmental impact of mining companies, and use their shareholder influence to stop any harmful practices.
Booming commodity prices mean that as investors rush to buy metal stocks mining companies are moving into areas previously thought uneconomical because they were too remote, too dangerous or too politically unstable. These projects could prove as risky to investors as they are to people living nearby - now is the time to take action on dangerous mines!
Take action: E-mail your Pension Fund about mining
Picture from CAFOD's "Pure Gold?" photo exhibition, currently touring the UK.
View the exhibition website here: www.cafodpuregold.net
While UK pension funds invest millions of pounds of our money in mining companies, the activities of some of these companies put poor people and the environment in danger.
Mining projects like these are more likely to be disrupted or shut down, so can be a financial risk for your pension too.
Almost all of us who are pension fund members have a stake in mining companies. So we have the power to call for change.
Please join with CAFOD and FairPensions and ask your pension fund to use its influence to stop mining companies harming people and the environment.