Coalition of student organizations, students, staff, and faculty campaigning for Pitt to divest their endowment from all indirect holdings in the fossil fuel industry We are calling for divestment from companies listed on the “Carbon Underground 200” list [1], which entails selling these companies’ stocks and committing to never investing in them again. Our demands for the University of Pittsburgh
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1. Immediately freeze all new investments in the 200 largest fossil fuel companies and divest and screen all direct holdings and commingled funds in the fossil fuel industry (Carbon Underground 200).
2. Board of Trustees members with conflicts of interest pertaining to fossil fuels abstain from voting on fossil fuel related matters.
3. Reinvest at least 1% of the endowment into the Pittsburgh community, focusing on disproportionately affected and minority communities within the Greater Pittsburgh area.
4. Publicly disclose all direct and indirect fossil fuel investments and collaborate with students, faculty, administration, and investment committees to ensure that the endowment is invested in a socially and economically responsible manner. Please contact us if your student organization would like to join the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition or if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. We are able to meet with you personally or virtually to discuss divestment. Fossil Free Pitt Coalition members:
Active Minds
AID
Amnesty International Pitt
Asian Student Alliance
Caribbean & Latin American Student Association
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Fair Food Cooperative
Feel Good
Free the Planet
Geology Club
Global Brigades
Hillel Jewish Student Union
Muslim Students Alliance
Outdoors Club
Panther Women's Rugby Football Club
Pitt College Democrats
Pitt Men's Rugby
Pitt Secular Alliance
Pittiful News
South Asian Students Alliance
Students for Justice in Palestine
Students for Sustainability
Take Back the Tap
VoKols
[1] http://fossilfreeindexes.com/the-carbon-underground-2014/
