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Greens challenged over ‘divest now’ claims as officers red-flag risk

Former Labour councillor brandishes Green leaflet demanding £30m divestment at pensions committee

Author: Hackney Citizen

Greens challenged over ‘divest now’ claims as officers red-flag risk

Hackney Council looks to divest pension fund from firms linked to human rights abuses

Council's Green administration begins overhauling its investment strategy to exclude companies operating in territories condemned by international bodies

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Mayor Garbett and Cllr Castello-Cortes

Divestment activists ‘jumping on bandwagon’, says Hackney’s pensions chair

Cllr Kam Adams says campaigners’ demands unclear – despite persistent calls for council to pull funds from specific arms firms

Author: Hackney Citizen

Divestment activists ‘jumping on bandwagon’, says Hackney’s pensions chair

Pro-Palestinian protesters camped outside Town Hall vow to stay ‘until council divests’

Campaigners, who have already spent two weeks in their tents, are prepared for the long haul if their demands are not met

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Pro-Palestinian protesters camped outside Town Hall vow to stay ‘until council divests’

Pro-Palestinian protestors descend on Town Hall to demand end to Israeli weapons investment and Haifa twinning

Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, local protestors call on Hackney Council to cease funding and axe relationship

Author: Hackney Citizen

Camped out: protestors at Hackney Town Hall, Friday 10 May 2024.

Council is ‘on wrong side of history’ says Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Committee refuses to hear deputation because of concerns about ‘community cohesion’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign pensions protest in public gallery of Hackney Town Hall chamber, 29 November 2023

Pro-Palestine campaigners to protest outside Hackney Town Hall over council pension fund investments

Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign to address council pensions committee tomorrow as demo takes place

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Pro-Palestine campaigners to protest outside Hackney Town Hall over council pension fund investments

‘Simply too much at stake’: Campaigners unite to protest Hackney’s fossil fuel investments

Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion call on council pension fund to fully divest from a ‘reckless, dying industry’

Author: Lizzie McAllister

‘Simply too much at stake’: Campaigners unite to protest Hackney’s fossil fuel investments

Petition calls on council to divest from companies complicit in occupation of Palestine

Town Hall pension fund has £28m invested in firms such as Israel-based arms manfacturer Elbit Systems

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Petition calls on council to divest from companies complicit in occupation of Palestine

‘Don’t show me a graph’: councillors slam pensions training as ‘boring and difficult’

Members of pensions committee call for ‘à la carte’ individual training plans

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Don’t show me a graph’: councillors slam pensions training as ‘boring and difficult’

Hackney Council approves further cuts to fossil fuel investments

Divest Hackney campaign welcomes move but calls for ‘truly fossil free pension fund’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Council approves further cuts to fossil fuel investments

Council pension fund owns £27 million in tobacco firms – Happy Stoptober!

Hackney Council defends doubling of assets, saying it has a ‘legal duty to maximise investments’

Author: Adam Barnett