Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!
@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
BC public sector pension members seeking more ethical investments.🌱🌎 Led successful fight to divest $450M from Russia in 2022. Now calling for exit from fossil fuels, tobacco and Putin enablers. https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/chair_test/
Guess BC should demand that Alberta and Saskatchewan not stand in the way as we build some massive wind farms in Canada’s prairies. After all, it‘s the best place to get our wind energy to market.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Guess BC should demand that Alberta and Saskatchewan not stand in the way as we build some massive wind farms in Canada’s prairies. After all, it‘s the best place to get our wind energy to market.
Ashamed? Of this guy? But he looks so respectable and statesmanlike, out there visiting with his favourite constituents! And you never hear him complain or sound angry or petulant. Oh, and he’s just brimming with thoughtful solutions to complex policy challenges! PM material, that’s for sure!
August 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Ashamed? Of this guy? But he looks so respectable and statesmanlike, out there visiting with his favourite constituents! And you never hear him complain or sound angry or petulant. Oh, and he’s just brimming with thoughtful solutions to complex policy challenges! PM material, that’s for sure!
Thanks! 😀
And here is Smith seeking further instructions from the authoritarian leader of one of the hostile foreign powers in question…
And here is Smith seeking further instructions from the authoritarian leader of one of the hostile foreign powers in question…
July 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Thanks! 😀
And here is Smith seeking further instructions from the authoritarian leader of one of the hostile foreign powers in question…
And here is Smith seeking further instructions from the authoritarian leader of one of the hostile foreign powers in question…
In fairness, Trump is not a huge Francis fan - he’s more a Pius XII kind of guy.
May 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
In fairness, Trump is not a huge Francis fan - he’s more a Pius XII kind of guy.
Narrator: she does not have better judgement than this.
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Narrator: she does not have better judgement than this.
Lol - that’s pretty great. Give him credit though, nobody has worked harder than Pierre at listening to the concerns of far-right constituents.
March 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Lol - that’s pretty great. Give him credit though, nobody has worked harder than Pierre at listening to the concerns of far-right constituents.
Lucky for us, bananaphones don’t use Starlink!
#FightFascism
#FightFascism
March 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Lucky for us, bananaphones don’t use Starlink!
#FightFascism
#FightFascism
Time to pull out Pierre Berton’s 2-volume monster about that war - though may want to skip right to the second volume, where things get smoky in DC.👇
March 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Time to pull out Pierre Berton’s 2-volume monster about that war - though may want to skip right to the second volume, where things get smoky in DC.👇
Things You Can Do To Support Ukraine🇺🇦
Idea 8: Keep informed about the state of the war. Daily updates, analysis, and maps by @thestudyofwar.bsky.social offer clear-eyed perspective, highlight 🇺🇦‘s tenacity (and 🇷🇺‘s mendacity), and underline the importance of sustaining serious Western military aid.
Idea 8: Keep informed about the state of the war. Daily updates, analysis, and maps by @thestudyofwar.bsky.social offer clear-eyed perspective, highlight 🇺🇦‘s tenacity (and 🇷🇺‘s mendacity), and underline the importance of sustaining serious Western military aid.
March 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Things You Can Do To Support Ukraine🇺🇦
Idea 8: Keep informed about the state of the war. Daily updates, analysis, and maps by @thestudyofwar.bsky.social offer clear-eyed perspective, highlight 🇺🇦‘s tenacity (and 🇷🇺‘s mendacity), and underline the importance of sustaining serious Western military aid.
Idea 8: Keep informed about the state of the war. Daily updates, analysis, and maps by @thestudyofwar.bsky.social offer clear-eyed perspective, highlight 🇺🇦‘s tenacity (and 🇷🇺‘s mendacity), and underline the importance of sustaining serious Western military aid.
Here’s a look at the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s (BCI) grade relative to other major 🇨🇦 public sector pension managers. As noted, BCI earned a shockingly low overall score of C- (same as last year). Follow along 👇 as we look at BCI’s scores in all 6 climate categories. 2/x
February 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Here’s a look at the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s (BCI) grade relative to other major 🇨🇦 public sector pension managers. As noted, BCI earned a shockingly low overall score of C- (same as last year). Follow along 👇 as we look at BCI’s scores in all 6 climate categories. 2/x
Example 11: BCI has ~$62.00M in Procter & Gamble Co (P&G), the US consumer goods behemoth with brands like Gillette, Always, Crest and Tide. Its ongoing activities in 🇷🇺 include 2 factories making razors + soap. This helps keep fascist Russia’s economy afloat by creating jobs + essential goods, and…
February 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Example 11: BCI has ~$62.00M in Procter & Gamble Co (P&G), the US consumer goods behemoth with brands like Gillette, Always, Crest and Tide. Its ongoing activities in 🇷🇺 include 2 factories making razors + soap. This helps keep fascist Russia’s economy afloat by creating jobs + essential goods, and…
…populations + infrastructure can be targeted by antagonists during war; early preparations + planning help support wartime resilience; civil defence requires society to be adaptable + have endurance. Sweden🇸🇪 also recently updated its advice for civilians - see here: www.msb.se/en/advice-fo... 10/x
February 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
…populations + infrastructure can be targeted by antagonists during war; early preparations + planning help support wartime resilience; civil defence requires society to be adaptable + have endurance. Sweden🇸🇪 also recently updated its advice for civilians - see here: www.msb.se/en/advice-fo... 10/x
Right on. Seriously reminiscent of this Richard Scarry classic!
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Right on. Seriously reminiscent of this Richard Scarry classic!
(continued) This @shiftaction.bsky.social report rightly highlights the climate + fiduciary malpractice of investing in gas pipelines. “By continuing to fund gas companies, pension managers are deepening the climate crisis and putting retirement security at risk.”
January 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
(continued) This @shiftaction.bsky.social report rightly highlights the climate + fiduciary malpractice of investing in gas pipelines. “By continuing to fund gas companies, pension managers are deepening the climate crisis and putting retirement security at risk.”
And firms will pay even more in taxes to the Kremlin from 2025 onwards. “Changes to the 🇷🇺 Tax Code will see the corporate profit tax rate rise from 20% to 25%, beginning in 2025, marking a key step in Moscow’s strategy to instrumentalise Western business presence to secure additional revenues.” 4/x
January 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
And firms will pay even more in taxes to the Kremlin from 2025 onwards. “Changes to the 🇷🇺 Tax Code will see the corporate profit tax rate rise from 20% to 25%, beginning in 2025, marking a key step in Moscow’s strategy to instrumentalise Western business presence to secure additional revenues.” 4/x
“Despite 🇷🇺’s widespread atrocities and over 150,000 documented war crimes in 🇺🇦, far too many Western companies still operate in 🇷🇺, bolstering its war economy, jeopardising int’l law, and undermining their govt’s foreign policies. It’s time for them to leave,” said Nezir Sinani of @b4ukraine.org 3/x
January 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
“Despite 🇷🇺’s widespread atrocities and over 150,000 documented war crimes in 🇺🇦, far too many Western companies still operate in 🇷🇺, bolstering its war economy, jeopardising int’l law, and undermining their govt’s foreign policies. It’s time for them to leave,” said Nezir Sinani of @b4ukraine.org 3/x
Example 8: BCI has ~$39.01M in PepsiCo, the global food + drinks maker that continues to do big business in fascist 🇷🇺 via subsidiaries. Pepsi has 19 factories and around 20,000 employees, and pays massive taxes to the Kremlin ($135M in 2023) - this helps fund weapons to wage war on 🇺🇦, plus hybrid…
January 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Example 8: BCI has ~$39.01M in PepsiCo, the global food + drinks maker that continues to do big business in fascist 🇷🇺 via subsidiaries. Pepsi has 19 factories and around 20,000 employees, and pays massive taxes to the Kremlin ($135M in 2023) - this helps fund weapons to wage war on 🇺🇦, plus hybrid…
(continued) …0.4% of 🇷🇺’s expected non-energy budget revenues for 2024, “an example of how foreign companies remaining in the country help the Kremlin maintain financial stability despite western sanctions.” OTP is one of the biggest of these banks, and 2021-2023, its 🇷🇺 profits rose from…
December 29, 2024 at 1:24 AM
(continued) …0.4% of 🇷🇺’s expected non-energy budget revenues for 2024, “an example of how foreign companies remaining in the country help the Kremlin maintain financial stability despite western sanctions.” OTP is one of the biggest of these banks, and 2021-2023, its 🇷🇺 profits rose from…
Luckily, we found a picture of those Mondelez cookies👇
(Thread will continue with more on BCI + Russia-related investments soon!)
(Thread will continue with more on BCI + Russia-related investments soon!)
December 9, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Luckily, we found a picture of those Mondelez cookies👇
(Thread will continue with more on BCI + Russia-related investments soon!)
(Thread will continue with more on BCI + Russia-related investments soon!)
(continued) …“morally care” about its 🇷🇺 business. More accurately, a 🇬🇧 MP said “any company doing business in 🇷🇺 without good reason should suffer reputational damage,” and “They are helping fascism, pure and simple.” Indeed. BCI, toss these cookies!!!
December 9, 2024 at 2:27 AM
(continued) …“morally care” about its 🇷🇺 business. More accurately, a 🇬🇧 MP said “any company doing business in 🇷🇺 without good reason should suffer reputational damage,” and “They are helping fascism, pure and simple.” Indeed. BCI, toss these cookies!!!
Your daily reminder that 🇨🇦 public sector pension plans invest your retirement savings in firms that continue business in/with Russia, thus financing its war in 🇺🇦. For instance, BCI has $$ in refineries in 🇨🇳+🇮🇳+🇹🇷, the 3 biggest importers of 🇷🇺 oil. energyandcleanair.org/weekly-snaps...
November 16, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Your daily reminder that 🇨🇦 public sector pension plans invest your retirement savings in firms that continue business in/with Russia, thus financing its war in 🇺🇦. For instance, BCI has $$ in refineries in 🇨🇳+🇮🇳+🇹🇷, the 3 biggest importers of 🇷🇺 oil. energyandcleanair.org/weekly-snaps...