En av USA mest prestigefyllda universitet, Stanford University i Kalifornien, har anslutit sig till den studentledda rörelsen att avyttra aktieinnehav från industrin för fossila bränslen.
Stanford Universitys förtroenderåd röstade i tisdags för att sluta investera i kolgruveföretag på grund av klimatfrågan.
”The board said it acted in accordance with guidelines that let them consider whether ”corporate policies or practices create substantial social injury” when choosing investments. Stanford’s endowment is valued at $18.7 billion.”
”The move comes as the divestment movement heats up across the country. Seven students at Washington University in St. Louis were arrested last week following a 17-day sit-in calling on the school’s board of trustees to cut ties with coal industry giant Peabody Energy.”
Källa: Student-led movement forces elite school to pull its money from coal companies
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