divestment

Jun 20, 2025
When investors put pressure on fossil fuel companies
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Should climate-conscious investors divest or engage more?
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May 17, 2024
Pro-Palestinian student protests spread across Europe
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As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, students are calling for their universities to cut financial and institutional ties with Israel.
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May 3, 2024
If the divestment movement succeeds, will it have an economic impact?
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Divestment might not move the needle on government or corporate policy, but it could shift “hearts and minds,” says Alison Taylor of NYU.
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Apr 30, 2024
Student protestors have a long history of demanding financial divestment
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In the ’70s and ’80s, college students demanded divestment as a way to put pressure on South Africa to end its apartheid policy.
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Jun 28, 2023
As Western companies pull out of Russia, Putin allies cash in on discounted assets
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Major American and European brands have pulled out of Russia in protest over the war in Ukraine and have lost millions in the process.
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Mar 2, 2022
International companies exiting Russia face logistical challenges
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ExxonMobil has a 30% stake in the Russian oil and gas project Sakhalin-1. Divesting may be time-consuming and expensive.
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Mar 8, 2018
Want to divest from guns? You might need to team up with your co-workers
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Under pressure to divest from guns, pension funds feel they have to choose between making money for their members and their values.
Mar 1, 2018
Gun sales and stocks drop as big companies and individuals review investments
American Outdoor Brands, formerly known as Smith & Wesson, will report earnings after markets close today. The gun-maker’s stock price fell to a five-year low yesterday after Dick’s Sporting Goods said it would stop selling assault-style rifles. After the deadly high school shooting in Florida, many companies and consumers are looking to distance themselves from […]
Feb 1, 2018
CDC director resigns over investments
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald resigned from her post as acting director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. This came after a report in Politico which detailed a series of stock purchases made by Fitzgerald, including shares of tobacco companies. Politico reporter Sarah Karlin-Smith spoke with Marketplace host Amy Scott, and she said the conflict between […]
Oct 3, 2017
Can divine intervention help solve climate change?
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What's behind today's biggest faith-based fossil fuel divestment in history?

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