Bayside Climate Change Action Group

WHEN: 7.30pm TUESDAY 25 JUNE 2013

WHERE: Sandringham Uniting Church Hall, 21 Trentham St, Sandringham

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BCCAG will also be organising a tour of their head office in Carrum Downs after the June meeting.

Are You ACCIDENTALLY Investing In Climate Change?

Did you know that over 55% of all global pension funds are invested in high-carbon assets?  In the near future the coal industry could be sold off by investors and your Pension Fund needs to take this risk into account when investing and be ahead of the game. If we can increase low carbon investment  from  as little as <2%  at present to 5%, this alone will redirect billions of investment dollars and create a tipping point ushering in the low carbon economy as well as hedging your fund against future risk and change.

Who owns these Pension funds?  YOU DO!

What Can You Do?  Participate in an online community called “THE VITAL FEW”. Send a letter to your pension fund through this network. 

Simply CLICK ON  www.AreYouTheVitalFew.org for further details about the easy steps involved in sending a letter. You have a choice of letters which are already written for you to send to your Pension Fund. Your Pension Fund is legally bound to answer your letter personally.

What Will This Achieve?  The answer to your letter will contribute to the first ever Global Climate Investment Index which gives a rating to these Pension Funds including yours and shows how they are managing climate risk.   This project is called the Asset Owners Disclosure Project -AODP. For further details click on  www.aodproject.net

Members of the Board which runs this project include Sharon Burrows, Former ACTU President, John Connor, CEO for the Climate Change Research and Advocacy Group, Julian Poulter, Director of The Climate Institute and Dr. John Hewson.

The more letters which are sent by Superannuation Pension Members the greater the pressure which will be put on these Pension Funds and effectively force disclosure of their damaging investment practices and increase their percentage investment to 5%.

WE URGE ALL BCCAG MEMBERS TO PARTAKE IN THIS VITAL PROGRAM TO HELP USHER IN A LOW CARBON GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

Join this campagn to help cut pollution, unlock clean energy and create a clean and safe environment for all Australians.

More at http://paidtopollute.org.au/

Mandy Coats and Sharyn Munro

Below is a transcript of   Sharyn's talk on Tuesday 26 March 2013.

Good evening everyone. Thank you for your interest in my book – 'Rich Land, Wasteland – how coal is killing Australia' and to the Bayside Climate Action Group for inviting me to speak, and for using the books as a fundraiser.  

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