Sarah Margaret "Molly" Scott Cato (born 21 May 1963) is a British Green politician, economist and activist.

[3] Scott Cato speaks for the Green Party on finance[2] and the EU,[4] and is known for her work in the field of co-operative studies.

[5] She has published on green economics, localism and anti-capitalism, and has contributed to works on the risks of nuclear power, the use of which she strongly opposes.

Molly Scott Cato was born on 21 May 1963[1] and was educated at Bath High School for Girls,[6] before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Oxford.

[11] Scott Cato's academic work covers three main areas: firstly the green economy, that is, one which recognises planetary limits and achieves social justice; secondly the economics of co-operatives and social enterprises, and finally critical analysis of the existing monetary system, and alternatives which might replace it.

It covers topics including an introduction to economic instruments such as taxes and regulation; pollution and resource depletion; growth; globalization vs. localization and climate change.

[4] Scott Cato stood as the Green Party candidate for the Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency at the 1997 and 2005 general elections, coming sixth.

In the 2019 election, she stood in Stroud, with the Liberal Democrats standing down in the constituency and endorsing her as the Unite to Remain candidate.

She said, "We believe that no one party has a monopoly on good ideas and we will seek co-operation to achieve advances of our policy platform on an issue-by-issue basis.

[19] At the council's AGM in June 2014, Scott Cato announced her resignation, to take effect from 1 July, the start of her mandate in the European Parliament.

"[30] She was a director[31] from 2009 to 2012[32] of Transition Stroud, which aims to strengthen the community's local economy, to reduce dependence on fossil fuel and to prepare for climate change.

[35][36] SCA is a community-supported agriculture project, organised as a co-operative, which provides locally produced organic food for its members.