Workers Deserve Climate-Safe Retirement Funds

Did you know your retirement savings could be funding the very companies driving climate disasters?

Many pension and retirement funds are investing in fossil fuel companies — propping up an industry that’s causing wildfires, floods, and extreme weather.

But here’s the deal: these funds belong to us, the workers. Retirement funds investing in fossil fuels isn’t just bad for the planet — it’s bad for our financial security too. Coal, oil, and gas are risky, underperforming, and out of step with a world shifting toward renewable energy. Our pensions and retirement funds hold trillions of dollars – enough to drive powerful investment in our communities.

That’s why we’re launching a campaign to put collective power back in the hands of workers, and advocate for retirement funds to prioritize climate-safe investment. We deserve to choose what our retirement funds invest in.

While the Trump administration dangerously rolls back environmental protections and prioritizes polluters, retirement funds must safeguard workers' hard-earned savings against climate-destroying fossil fuels. Ensuring access to secure and climate-safe investments contributes to a healthier economy and environment for future generations.

Will you sign this petition advocating that retirement funds prioritize climate-safe investment?

To: Retirement Fund Executives and ManagersClick to see full petition text

We, the hardworking members of this nation’s workforce, ask that you shift investment strategies for our retirement funds toward climate-safe solutions. Our collective future depends on it. For too long, our hard-earned savings have propped up risky fossil fuel corporations — holdings that not only jeopardize our financial stability, but also endanger the health of our planet and our communities.

Every day, working families like ours toil to build a secure future, facing growing uncertainty as unnatural disasters accelerate. Fossil fuels are increasingly vulnerable to market volatility, regulation, and the unstoppable global shift toward renewable energy.

By clinging to these outdated and potentially stranded assets, retirement funds risk eroding the very nest eggs meant to support our golden years.

It’s time to put the interests of your members first. We urge you to:

Offer climate-safe investment options: Develop and provide diversified, secure portfolios that prioritize fiduciary duty and climate risk assessments, ensuring that every worker has access to investments that safeguard our future;
Invest in climate solutions: Support companies and technologies that create jobs and protect our environment for future generations;
Protect working class futures: Ensure that our retirement savings are secure and shielded from the damaging impacts of the climate crisis;
Divest from fossil fuels: Recognize that the future is renewable. Rein in the long-term risk by reallocating investments to sustainable solutions that ensure long-term stability.

We ask you to stand with workers, the backbone of this country, and lead the charge toward a resilient, sustainable future. Our livelihoods, our communities, and our retirement security depend on it.

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