Originally published on Planetsave. Many of us grow up with the assumption that stock traders are just rich people looking to make a quick buck (or 5 billion). However, investing is also a way to show your support for an industry and company. Aside from myself, I know several people … [continued]
Editor’s note: I think Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring figures in the history of the world. There are not many that have lightened my heart as much as he has. I was quite sad to hear of his passing this week, but I knew that at 95 … [continued]
Calvert Investments and Morgan Stanley have announced new initiatives that provide immediate options for fossil fuel divestment and long-term green investing opportunities.
Oxford University reports the fossil fuel divestment campaign is gaining traction faster than previous divestment efforts against Apartheid, tobacco, and pornography, posing a serious reputational risk to the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies.
The United Church of Christ has become the first major religious institution to approve fossil fuel divestment across all its investments.
A new survey shows growth rates for green products and services are rising faster than conventional goods in America’s economy, outpacing the overall economy during the depths of the recession, and creating opportunity for the 88% of US businesses classified as “microbusinesses” with five or fewer employees.
Could divestment, the same movement that brought down Apartheid, be the key to ending America’s fossil fuel addiction and preventing the next great financial crisis?
Activists at more than 400 colleges, cities and states, and religious institutions think the answer is yes – and San Francisco may have given the fossil fuel divestment campaign its biggest win to date.
Climate issues are clearly important to today’s college students – in a 2013 Princeton Review survey, 62% of all college applicants said a school’s commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply or attend the school, and students have begun fossil fuel divestment movements at more than 300 colleges.
So it shouldn’t come as a surprise then that the heads of America’s colleges and universities are listening to their constituents and leading some of the most significant efforts today to transition to a sustainable future through the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).
