University of Liverpool to divest from all fossil fuels

The University of Liverpool has committed to sell its remaining £2.8m holdings in fossil fuel companies by July 2022, which represents 1.2% of the University’s investment portfolio. This decision was influenced by the Guild’s Fossil Free campaign and approved by the University’s Council in July. The move to fully divest from fossil fuels builds on the University’s ethical investment policy introduced last year, which committed the University to exclude companies that derive more than 10% of their revenue from thermal coal and tar sands. This exclusion will now be broadened…

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