Loughborough students' union joins RBS boycott threat
Loughborough P&P successfully passed a motion comitting their students' union to investigating and changing their bank account from NatWest if RBS-NatWest don't commit to cutting their embedded emissions by 2009.
Loughborough P&P campaigning to Ditch Dirty Development
Image © Loughbourough P&P
Pete Davis sacrifices his hair for P&P!
Image © Loughbourough P&P
Loughborough University People & Planet successfully managed to pass a motion at their Union council on 18 June, committing their students’ union to:
- research into other banking options
- write a letter to NatWest in support of the Ditch Dirty Development campaign
- switch banks during September 2009 if RBS-NatWest make no changes towards the demands of the campaign.
This great result came after months of hard work and campaigning by Loughborough People & Planet. During the Freefest festivities on campus, members collected over 600 oily finger signatures on their giant world; held fights between endangered animals and a ‘NatWest CEO’ and displayed an interactive oil pipeline.
One of the P&P members, Pete Davis drew in the crowds at this event by shaving his head, collecting over £200 for P&P! And all this was done whilst wearing beautifully stencilled Ditch Dirty Development T-shirts.
- Does your Students’ Union bank with RBS-NatWest? Find out more about how to pass a campaign motion