Posts Tagged ‘personal divestment’
Carbon Bubble Threatens Investments
The carbon bubble threatens the investments of small investors as well as large, according to a recent article by Carol Clouse in The Guardian. When Big Oil’s unburnable reserves become stranded, these companies’ shares will experience a sudden and steep devaluation. As evidence mounts that fossil fuel companies will be required to “keep it in…
Read moreSustainable Investing Panel – April 21
Center for Climate Protection Presents Panel on Sustainable Investing When: Thursday, April 21st 5:30-7:00 Where: 822 5th Street, Santa Rosa 95404 From 2012 to 2014, sustainable and impact investing assets enjoyed a growth rate of more than 76%, increasing from $3.74 trillion in 2012 to over $6 trillion in 2014. Many of us have made…
Read moreIndividual Divestment Hits New High
Just a few days ago, divestinvest.org was reporting that the total of individual assets pledged to divest from the top 200 coal, oil, and gas companies was over $3 billion, from 2,408 individual investors. That in itself was good news. But today, the site posted a stunning new total: $4,715,012,908 (over. $4.7 billion) pledged from…
Read more"Divesting Fossil Fuels from Your Portfolio": Palo Alto, November 15
In conjunction with Fossil Free California and 350 Silicon Valley, the First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto is hosting a forum on individual divestment on Sunday, November 15, 2pm – 3:30pm. The forum “Divesting Fossil Fuels from Your Portfolio” welcomes your divestment stories and questions. Christian Ortez, Director of LPL Financial’s Blackmont Wealth Management Group…
Read moreCalSTRS divestment: unhappy anniversary
Anniversaries are a time to pop open a bottle of champagne to toast the successes of the previous year; however, the first anniversary of Fossil Free California’s (FFCA) relationship with California’s state teachers’ pension fund, CalSTRS, has forced us to keep the bottle corked and hope for better days ahead. Why? Although teachers value CalSTRS…
Read moreIndividual divestment: the power of personal choice
The People’s Climate Rally on September 21, 2014 — 400,000 people marching together on behalf of Mother Earth — galvanized both my individual divestment and my entry into the divestment movement. I felt a thrill of empowerment as I proudly signed the pledge on the DivestInvest.org website. Although I had already removed some investments in…
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