Tell the OTPP to Protect Your Pension & the Planet

Send a letter to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan fund managers and your union leaders.

Climate change is already directly impacting the lives of Ontario teachers and those of the students you educate every day. So how is the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) investing your retirement savings in the face of the climate crisis? 

In a warming world, your pension fund’s investment and asset management decisions matter. The OTPP manages over $247 billion in teachers’ retirement savings. Your pension fund’s investments can have a huge impact on how quickly we can build a zero-emissions economy and ensure a safe climate future for you and your students. The decisions of pension funds like the OTPP influence whether businesses in Canada and other countries build electric cars and solar panels, or extract more fossil fuels and prolong the use of gas pipelines.   

The OTPP has made progress in its approach to the climate crisis, but it continues to invest in the fossil fuel infrastructure and companies that are most responsible for climate breakdown. The OTPP must go much further to catch up with pension funds around the world that are leading on climate. It must align its portfolio with 1.5°C global emissions pathways and phase out fossil fuel investments in financially risky investments with no credible transition pathways.

If you want the OTPP to protect your retirement savings and ensure a safe climate for your students, take action now. Tell the OTPP to protect your pension and the planet.