Since we took action at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, people have been asking us which Church of England dioceses still have investments in fossil fuels. Here’s a summary.
For practical information on asking your church or diocese to divest visit the Bright Now website.
Three dioceses have announced their complete divestment from fossil fuels:
- Bristol
- Oxford
- Sodor and Man
- Truro – made a divestment announcement on 16th Sept 2021
- Norwich – made a divestement announcement on 6th November 2021
There are 18 dioceses which currently don’t invest in fossil fuels, but they’ve not ruled out the possibility of reinvesting in the future. They are:
- Canterbury
- Durham
- Blackburn
- Carlisle
- Chester
- Coventry
- Derby
- Europe
- Exeter
- Gloucester
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Portsmouth
- Salisbury – made a divestment decision in Sept 2021 but have not yet committed to not reinvest in fossil fuels
- St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
- Sheffield
- Worcester
There are 21 dioceses currently investing in fossil fuels:
- York
- London
- Winchester
- Bath & Wells
- Birmingham
- Chelmsford
- Chichester
- Ely
- Guildford
- Hereford
- Leicester
- Lichfield
- Lincoln
- Norwich
- Peterborough
- Rochester
- St Albans
- Southwark
- Southwell and Nottingham
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