Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
In this weeks Corporate Knights Drill-Down, we highlight a compelling financial case for divesting from fossil fuels. The findings are clearly shown in the chart above: the additional total returns from divestment were strongly correlated with the proportion of fossil fuel holdings in each funds portfolio. billion in assets.
Chris Hall
JANUARY 12, 2024
The engagement programme thus far has been “constructive”, NBIM’s board claimed in December, adding that the companies have “expressed an ambition to divest the relevant assets in the Niger Delta”. This includes engaging with the local communities to address past and present oil spills before exiting the region.
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Chris Hall
JULY 14, 2023
In June, the Church of England Pensions Board (CoEPB) and Church Commissioners announced that they will divest from oil and gas firms for failing to align with climate goals. However, individual, specific, and isolated divestments do not make a significant difference due to the abundance of liquidity in the market. billion (US$13.2
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 22, 2021
Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. Mark Jacobson appears on The Late Show with David Letterman on September 23, 2013 © Mark Jacobson. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org Jacobson, Mark Ruffalo, and Josh Fox. © Jon Wank. He received a M.S.
Edouard Stenger
MAY 24, 2017
As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank.
James Militzer
MARCH 2, 2023
Since large-scale production of Tesla vehicles only started in 2013, most of these vehicles are still on the road. The University of Michigan Endowment Fund: Divesting from Fossil Fuels (Published 9.9.2020) In September 2019, there were climate change strikes at the University of Michigan. million tons of batteries will need disposal.
Stanford Social Innovation
AUGUST 25, 2022
For sustainable tech to be possible, funders, including investors, philanthropists, and foundations, must develop a two-pronged approach of intentional investments in those leading justice-centered approaches to technological and economic transitions and informed divestments from extractive and fossil-fuel-dependent systems and enterprises.
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