CAFOD is the official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. With a belief in the dignity of all human beings, CAFOD promotes human development, equal access to resources and social justice in 34 countries worldwide through cooperative working with 500 partner organisations in the UK and overseas.

CAFOD has campaigned with FairPensions on the environmental and social impact of irresponsible mining practices by companies in the developing world.

Citizens UK is the national home of community organising in Britain. Their goal is to increase the power of communities to participate in public life.

The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) has been campaigning for economic justice, environmental stewardship, and corporate and investor responsibility for almost 20 years.  A respected voice of expertise in the field, it produces research and reports, monitors corporate performance and lobbies company executives and Board meetings directly on specific issues.

Friends of the Earth campaigns for solutions to environmental problems. Its first action was to dump 1,500 non-returnable bottles outside the Schweppes London headquarters. Since then, together with hundreds of thousands of people, Friends of the Earth we've notched up many major achievements including waking the world up to climate change; lobbying for laws to protect our countryside and persuading big companies to behave better.

Oxfam is one of the best known international charities, fighting poverty through campaigning, development work and emergency relief.  Active in over 70 countries, Oxfam addresses poverty by focusing on issues such as health, gender equality, conflict, climate change and private sector investment.

“Large, powerful trans-national companies and corporations in particular, have an enormous impact on poor people in the developing world.  Investing far more than governments can ever deliver through overseas aid, they can create new jobs and opportunities, generate wages for buying more goods and services, and teach important new skills.

"But left unchecked, their investment can do more harm than good. Because when large international companies pay low wages, allow bad and dangerous working conditions, and neglect people’s rights – as they sometimes do – it’s much harder for people to lift themselves out of poverty.”
Oxfam website

TSSA - the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association - is the union for people in transport and travel.

Founded in 1897, we represent 30,000 administrative, managerial, professional and technical workers in the railway, London Underground, the travel trade, ports and ferries.

We have one of the most diverse memberships of any trade union of our size. Our members range from highly skilled engineers and senior managers to booking office staff and call centre workers.

UNISON is Britain and Europe's largest public sector union with more than 1.3 million members. UNISON campaigns and lobbies on key issues including equal pay and employment rights, safety in the workplace, as well as fuel poverty and fair trade. In 2005, UNISON launched its Capital Stewardship Programme to promote the pensions investment interests of its members. The programme supports members in joining pension fund boards, engages with companies in which members’ funds invest and promotes policies for corporate and social responsibility.

“Pensions investments are a crucial trade union issue. These investments are made up of our deferred pay and contributions – it’s all our money.  We have responsibilities for this money and the way it is invested. The current economic crisis reminds us that our future benefits are at risk if our investments are not looked after properly. We need to make sure that our money is not used anymore to do harm to the wider financial system. We want to make sure that we do not allow badly run companies to turn a blind eye to child labour, corruption, environmental damage or ignore workers rights”.
John Gray, Regional Finance Convener, Unison