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investments in arms, military and defence companies (FOI/5563)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 18 March 2025
Dear ***** *****
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/5563
Thank you for your request for information relating to investments in arms, military and defence companies:
REQUEST
Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold direct investments in
Which arms, military and defence companies does the council currently hold indirect investments in, for example through pooled funds
What is the total value of these investments and how much is invested in each company Please specify which are direct and indirect.
Companies of relevance include, but are not limited to: Airbus, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chemring, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Huntington Ingalls, JCB, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Meggitt, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce PLC, Rafael, RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), Smiths Group and Thales.
RESPONSE
The Pension Fund publishes a breakdown of its investments on its website on a quarterly basis. These include a schedule of all our direct holdings. Unfortunately we do not have a way of categorising these, but where the Fund has holdings in the companies listed these can be found here: Investments | Nottinghamshire Pension Fund
The Fund does not maintain records of the underlying holdings held indirectly through investment funds. This may be available by consulting the websites of the relevant funds.
We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful.
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Chief Executives Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
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