Make My Money Matter

Your Money for a Better World

Taking a proactive interest in where our money is invested is probably the most powerful tool that we have as ordinary citizens to fight climate change – much more so than going veggie, flying less, switching electricity supplier etc. That’s why RB Media is supporting Make My Money Matter, the campaign founded by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings, About Time, Comic Relief etc).

Trillions of pounds of ordinary people’s savings and investments - primarily in the form of pensions - is invested on our behalf in companies that are in conflict with our personal beliefs and harmful to people and planet. If you pay into a pension you are probably right now investing in fossil fuel companies, tobacco companies, gambling companies and weapons manufacturing companies - the list goes on. This has to change - and quickly.

I have been involved in environmental campaigning for decades including working as an environmental lawyer since the early 1990’s. I am now persuaded that the mass mobilisation of our money from ‘harmful’ to ‘helpful’ companies is the most significant action we can take as ordinary citizens to help tackle climate change and make the world a better place.

Spread the word and join the campaign at Make My Money Matter

Rupert Bedford 20th Sept 2021.