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B.C. public-sector pension fund to drop Russian companies

This article was written by Cindy E. Harnett and published in the Times Colonists on March 2, 2022. The province’s public-sector pension fund says it has begun to divest its holdings in Russian companies in light of that country’s war on Ukraine. On Tuesday, B.C. Investment Management Corporation (BCI) issued a statement saying it is…

How to divest your 401(k) from fossil fuels

This article was written by Alison F. Takemura and originally published in Canary Media on March 3, 2022. I have a confession: I worked on a fossil fuel divestment campaign, but I didn’t know how to divest my own money. I used to avoid my investments like they had gone rank in the fridge. In 2016, an employer opened my first 401(k)…

EU’s biggest pension fund ABP to divest US$17.4 billion fossil fuel assets

This article was written by Alastair Marsh and originally published by the Financial Post on October 26, 2021. Europe’s biggest pension fund, ABP of the Netherlands, has joined a growing number of investment managers blacklisting fossil fuels as the finance industry gives in to pressure from activists and customers alarmed at the prospect of a…