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Britain’s Dirtiest Investors: and USS is in the top 50
A new report “Britain’s Dirtiest Investors” identifies the top British shareholders in the world’s 12 worst carbon emitting companies – the “Dirty Dozen”. USS appears in the top 50 – in 45th place with a total of £61m invested, and £42m in Chevron alone. The British investors hold a combined £49bn in shares, which correspond to carbon emissions of 169…
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Palantir – the company we can do without
One of USS’s top 100 investments is in Palantir, a company whose leaders subscribe to a militaristic authoritarian philosophy and whose products facilitate the violation of human rights and international law. And it’s not even a good investment. USS should get out of Palantir. Here is the full story:
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Briefing for Finance Directors
If you haven’t already done so, please consider writing to your Finance Director asking them to urge USS to divest from fossil fuels https://divestuss.org/2026/04/17/write-to-your-finance-director/ Over 100 UK universities have committed to divest their own funds from fossil fuels but are still investing their staff pension contributions with USS which is continuing to invest in fossil…