Published by Change.org. by Corrie Hulse · 2010-12-06 06:27:00 -0800 “Millions of Americans are investing, unknowingly, inadvertently, and against their will, in companies funding genocide.” Such was the testimony of Eric Cohen, co-founder and chairperson of Investors Against Genocide (IAG), at a congressional hearing last week in front of the […]
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Investments in genocide, hidden from view
Published by Marc Gunther. Here’s what Eric Cohen, the chairperson of Investors Against Genocide, told a congressional hearing today: It has been over 12 years since the U.S. imposed sanctions on Sudan and noted serious human rights abuses, seven years since the Darfur genocide began, six years since Congress declared […]
How You Can Invest for Good
Published by Motley Fool. Selena Maranjian June 23, 2010 If asked, I suspect you’d rank among the roughly 84% of Americans who’d withdraw their money from stocks that do business with companies supporting genocide. You’re probably also among the 88% who don’t want their mutual funds investing in such companies. […]
Activists Target Advisors With Anti-Genocide Message
Published by Fund Action. — Hillary Jackson Investors Against Genocide has begun targeting financial advisors for the first time with an advertising campaign that highlights the group’s first white paper and a recent survey. “Financial advisors view it as their job to serve their clients and offer them options that […]
Fidelity Loses Religious Group Over Sudan
Published by Ignites. By Peter Ortiz TIAA-Cref’s recent decision to sell nearly $60 million in shares of four companies with ties to genocide in Darfur helped sway a plan sponsor to abandon its 10-year relationship with Fidelity, the recordkeeper of its retirement accounts.The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) board voted late […]
Unitarian group drops Fidelity over Sudan
Published by Reuters. * Cites “disappointment” in Fidelity human-rights stance * To use TIAA-CREF as recordkeeper By Ross Kerber BOSTON, May 21 (Reuters) – The Unitarian Universalist Association said it will replace Fidelity Investments as recordkeeper on its retirement plan, citing “disappointment” with the Boston mutual fund company’s record on […]
American Funds Sells PetroChina Holdings
Published by Social Funds. by Robert Kropp The mutual fund family responds to the use of oil revenues to fund genocide in Darfur, following shareowner pressure led by Investors Against Genocide. SocialFunds.com — Advocates of genocide-free investing won another important victory this week, when American Funds, a family of mutual […]
American Funds Sells PetroChina as Rights Group Claims Victory
Published by Bloomberg. By Christopher Condon Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) — American Funds, the largest manager of stock mutual funds, sold most of its holdings in PetroChina Co. after pressure from rights groups over the oil-and-gas company’s investments in Sudan. Three of the firm’s funds sold 167.9 million Hong Kong- listed […]
