Australian super funds are investing billions of dollars in Israel’s illegal settlements.
From Israeli banks financing settlers, to real estate companies buying and selling stolen Palestinian land, to construction companies demolishing Palestinian homes and building the apartheid wall – super funds are investing your retirement money in companies committing serious human rights violations against Palestinians.
We demand that Australian super funds cut investments in companies propping up Israel’s illegal settlements.
CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Last year, both HESTA and Vision Super announced divestment from Israeli banks, and Israeli stocks and bonds.
Send them a message to acknowledge their divestment and encourage them to fully exclude UN listed companies from their portfolio.
Email your fund to ask why they haven’t divested from Israel’s occupation yet.
Which companies are complicit in Israel's illegal occupation?
Israel's settlements are illegal under international law, yet countless businesses continue to operate there regardless of the fact that it is an illegal occupation. These businesses are violating human rights, contributing to forced displacement and population transfer of Israeli settlers onto Palestinian land, and normalising Israel's war crimes.
These companies and their complicity have been listed in a United Nations (UN) database, updated regularly. You can read more about the UN database below.
TAKE ACTION:
As a member, there are many ways you can speak up and demand divestment from your fund. Check out some of our resources to learn more.
We've put together useful questions you can ask to hold your fund to account.
There are many different ways that you, as a member, can pressure your fund on this issue.
Share information with your colleagues about this campaign with our flyer.
Learn how to hold your fund to account - publicly, using social media.
Use our union motion template to draft your own motion, in support of our campaign - to be passed at your next branch or delegates meeting.
Make a call to your super fund's complaints line, to register your concern around their risky investment into companies linked to Israel's illegal occupation.
SUPER FUNDS UNDER PRESSURE
Are you a member of one of the following super funds? Find out more and join the campaign:
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