Successful Campaigns

In August 2019 the University of Liverpool finally committed to exclude all fossil fuel companies from its investment portfolio! Now students are organising to ensure Liverpool's careers service also stops feeding students into environmentally unjust jobs in those very same companies. Support their petition here - https://peopleandplanet.org/petitions/fossil-free-careers/fossil-free-careers-liverpool

🎉🎉 VICTORY! In January 2022 People & Planet announced that the UWE has divested from all fossil fuel companies! An absolutely huge congratulations to the UWE Fossil Free campaign for their tenacity & commitment to climate justice. Without them this win would not have been possible. Now students are demanding UWE aligns its careers services with its green image & excludes oil, gas & mining companies from student recruitment 📢 Add your voice & amplify the call for Fossil Free Careers here https://peopleandplanet.org/petitions/fossil-free-careers/fossil-free-careers-at-uwe-bristol Keep us winning 👉 www.peopleandplanet.org/donate

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🎉🎉 VICTORY! In February 2020 People & Planet announced that the University of Reading has divested from all fossil fuel companies! An absolutely huge congratulations to the Reading Fossil Free campaign for their tenacity & commitment to climate justice. Without them this win would not have been possible. Now students are demanding Reading aligns its careers services with its green image & excludes oil, gas & mining companies from student recruitment 📢 Add your voice & amplify the call for Fossil Free Careers here https://peopleandplanet.org/petitions/fossil-free-careers/fossil-free-careers-reading Keep us winning 👉 www.peopleandplanet.org/donate

🎉 Victory! 🎉 The UK’s largest university ditches all fossil fuel companies days before COP26! The Open University has committed to fully divest fossil fuel companies from its £123+ million investment portfolios. An absolutely huge congratulations to the students and others in Fossil Free OU for their tenacity & commitment to climate justice. Without them this win would not have been possible. Now students are demanding The Open University aligns its careers services with its green image & excludes oil, gas & mining companies from student recruitment 📢 Add your voice & amplify the call here www.tinyurl.com/OU-FFCareers Keep us winning 👉 www.peopleandplanet.org/donate

🎉🎉 VICTORY! In March 2018 People & Planet announced that the University of Bristol has divested from all fossil fuel companies! An absolutely huge congratulations to the Bristol Uni Fossil Free campaign for their tenacity & commitment to climate justice. Without them this win would not have been possible. Now students are demanding Bristol aligns its careers services with its green image & excludes oil, gas & mining companies from student recruitment. The campaign was recently successful in mandating the Student Union boycott all extractive industry recruitment, but now they need your support to boost the campaign. 📢 Add your voice & amplify the call for Fossil Free Careers here https://peopleandplanet.org/petitions/fossil-free-careers/fossil-free-careers-bristol Keep us winning 👉 www.peopleandplanet.org/donate

We did it! LSHTM has released a full divestment commitment - lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/introducing/environmental-sustainability Support our work and keep us winning! - peopleandplanet.org/donate

VICTORY! 🎉 During #COP26 Lancaster University becomes the 92nd UK university to announce divestment from fossil fuels!🎉 This follows 7 years of campaigning by Lancaster University students in the People & Planet network. HUGE congratulations to everyone who's been involved in the movement for social and climate justice at Lancaster! 🔥 We’re now looking to Lancaster’s Careers Department to block the pipeline of student careers into the oil, gas + mining industries 👀 it’s time for Fossil Free Careers! Sign the petition 👉 https://bit.ly/3B0mWVv Keep us winning 👉 https://peopleandplanet.org/donate

🎉🎉 VICTORY! In March 2019 People & Planet announced that the Swansea University has divested from all fossil fuel companies! An absolutely huge congratulations to the Swansea Divest campaign for their tenacity & commitment to climate justice. Without them this win would not have been possible. Now students are demanding Swansea aligns its careers services with its green image & excludes oil, gas & mining companies from student recruitment. The campaign was recently successful in getting the university to stop advertising campaigns on behalf of extractive industries, now they must be excluded from jobs boards and careers fairs too! 📢 Add your voice & amplify the call for Fossil Free Careers here https://peopleandplanet.org/petitions/fossil-free-careers/fossil-free-careers-swansea Keep us winning 👉 www.peopleandplanet.org/donate