Sentence examples for Divest funds from inspiring English sources

8 30 P.M. (13) NEED TO KNOW Maria Hinojosa interviews the environmental advocate Bill McKibben about his campaign to pressure universities to divest funds from energy corporations.

This means universities, churches, and other investment pools, now increasingly under pressure from mushrooming campaigns to divest funds from fossil fuel companies, must take action.

As a Jewish American, I am embarrassed that my own synagogue does not take the same moral -- and courageous -- stance as that of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Jews should be leading the fight to divest funds in Israel until the occupation of Palestinian territory ends.

And Israel's allies in Congress have followed suit by introducing language in both the pending trade and U.S. Customs authorization bills that would target countries or businesses that in any way boycott, sanction or divest funds from Israel.

These bills, both federal and state, are all variations on a theme designed to punish, by blacklisting or sanctions, any governments, businesses, organizations, or individuals who boycott, divest funds, or impose sanctions on Israel or Israelis or products emanating from Israel or "Israeli controlled territories".

(6) Alan Rusbridger, whose Keep it in the Ground campaign urges charities to divest funding from fossil fuels.

And we managed recently to get Siemens to divest funding, which was a huge thing.' He's trying to get a film going, conscious of the problems.

The United Church of Christ's general assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of divesting funds at its synod in Cleveland.

You report that US churches intend joining the United Church of Christ in divesting funds for Israeli businesses "in protest at treatment of Palestinians" (theguardian.com, 1 July).

Coal stocks have plummeted in value in recent years, as has the oil price in recent months, meaning recently divested funds have actually avoided losses.

Former students occupied an Oxford building on Monday to protest the university's failure to decide about divesting funds from fossil fuels.