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… Irish Bishop Martin Hayes shared how the bishops of the Emerald Isle made the  decision to divest from fossil fuels as well as  return at least 30% of church land to nature . Others talked …

… Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines . Alternately, those same guidelines suggest "divesting from companies whose activities are known to persistently violate the human rights of …

… to withdraw its finances no later than 2025 from banks with no clear policies for fossil fuel divestment. But Catholic leaders here have not yet followed through on these promises.  "A Decade … San Miguel Corporation in the past decade. Among them, only ten have partially or completely divested from the conglomerate. This resulted in a 16% decrease in total shares; however, similar …

… important than the campus encampments, the petitions, the hunger strikes and the calls for divestment from Israel that some left-leaning American Jews have engaged in since the Oct. 7, …

… attack on immigrants, migrants, and refugees," also officially calls for the UCC to divest from "for-profit private detention businesses," naming three such businesses — CoreCivic, GEO Group, and Management and Training Corp. — without limiting churches' divestments to those companies. The measure was approved July 14 by a vote of 627-8, with one …

… if not the entire country. The U.S. is beginning to look like a dictatorship seeking to divest itself of anyone who is poor and speaks Spanish. U.S. racism is not new. In the 17th …

… partners to work toward seven goals, which could be expressed by adopting renewable energies, divesting from fossil fuels, and caring for the poor, among other things. "In North America, …

… some dioceses have taken significant steps, such as committing to reduce carbon emissions, divest from fossil fuels or power buildings with renewable energy, only 32 of the 195 U.S. …

… 7. Why have no US Catholic dioceses divested from fossil fuels? … Other Catholic entities in the United States have chosen divestment in the name of Catholic social teaching. The list maintained by the Laudato Si' … foundations, associations, societies and other organizations. ( NCR announced our own divestment plans in 2021 .) But when it comes to archdioceses and dioceses led by the U.S. … Brian Roewe  reported that the San Diego Diocese was the first in the U.S. to make public its divestment from fossil fuels in January 2024.] …

… regionally. Countless projects in parishes and local communities to install renewable energy,  divest from fossil fuels , and other tangible steps, supported by the Vatican's  Laudato Si' …

… to the structural: for example, promoting the idea of  fresh water as a human right ; divesting from companies that privatize fresh water or exploit natural resources; summoning  …

… and more. Catholic universities are  investing in more environmental studies options , and  divesting their investments from the further use and abuse of fossil fuels. Catholic hospitals …

… in launching opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign, which has become one of the biggest anti-corporate campaigns in history, …

… president of Caritas Internationalis, the church's official international aid organization  divested its finances from the fossil fuel sector. A  key ally of Francis on integral ecology , … main drivers of this injustice." — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, on Caritas' 2018 fossil fuel divestment … has  encouraged young Catholics to write to their bishops about climate change and fossil fuel divestment. "We are co-responsible for this earth, there is only one. We have to act now and I …

… ecological spirituality, advocating politicians at the national and international levels, or divesting from fossil fuels. One of the biggest initiatives, the Laudato Si' Action Platform, was …

… without delay" motivated Catholic institutions to consider  renewable energy and  financial divestment from fossil fuels .   Beyond the Catholic Church,  Laudato Si'  positioned Francis as …

… student a year after she co-authors a fairly wonkish  college newspaper op-ed calling for divestment from Israel because of the war in Gaza. From the White House, Trump furiously blasts …

… pro-Palestine protests at Columbia that spread nationwide calling for a Gaza ceasefire and divestment from Israel. Khalil was put in a Louisiana detention facility far from his family; a …

… million in compensation in 2014. Now they're suing Shell again over the oil giant's planned divestment — a process where international oil companies sell off their assets — from the region. … despite resistance from locals who want the oil company to clean up contaminated sites before divesting. In January 2024, Shell announced it had reached an  agreement with a consortium of five Nigerian-based companies to divest its onshore operations from the region. The $2.4 billion Shell deal recently received  …

… agency, she was  instrumental in campaigns that led to  Ireland and  its bishops financially divesting from fossil fuels. More recently, she served as executive director of  FaithInvest , an … an international fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and  mobilizing Catholic institutions to divest from coal, oil and gas companies . It worked with the Vatican in developing the  Laudato …