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Divesting works: Study finds ditching fossil stocks lowers corporate footprints

Corporate Knights

For the leaders of the divestment movement, which encourages institutional investors to sell off their shares in fossil fuel companies, winning isn’t everything. But after a decade of determined lobbying, the divest side is suddenly doing a lot of winning. That tally, they noted, is bigger than the combined GDP of the U.S.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. Airlines have faced "flygskam" — or flight shame — which has seen some travelers shun air travel, heightening pressure for the sector to demonstrate that it can develop a flight path to net-zero emissions. Michael Holder. Mon, 11/30/2020 - 01:00.

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Supporting Indigenous Self-Determination Through a Spectrum of Capital

3BL Media

We also began a fossil-fuel divestment initiative. In 2021, after developing a new program strategy and articulating our organizational Purpose focused on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, we delved deeper into a conversation about the impact of our investments.

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Time for a fair phase out of fossil fuels

Corporate Knights

Divestment from fossil fuels is accelerating around the world. Besides dozens of universities (including Harvard and the University of Toronto), the divestment list now includes France’s Banque Postale, the State of New York, and Europe’s largest pension, ABP. These developments are critical.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

Prices to frack a new well vary widely, depending on whether you’re drilling in West Texas or horizontally to frack under housing developments, varying from $40 to $90 a barrel. The costs multiply because fracked wells typically last less than a year. Surely the world runs on oil.

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Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

Corporate Knights

We had developed a strong methodology of research and engagement with companies, regulators and governments for work on a range of issues. For example, we developed a significant investor presence on issues of forest land management. The “clean hands” approach of divestment best expressed the moral outrage of activists over apartheid.

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Clean200 - Resources

Corporate Knights

The data set is developed through assessment of a companys revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research. The ranking was first calculated on July 1, 2016, and publicly released on August 15, 2016, by Corporate Knights and As You Sow.