Sentence examples for for divestment to from inspiring English sources

Cutting the deficit will be the focus, and the government will prepare a handful of state-run enterprises for divestment to private hands.

Just as the church is calling to boycott the games and merchandise of the Washington Redskins NFL football team to protest its continued use of a racist name and logo that demeans Native Americans, so is the church calling for divestment to advance Palestinian freedom and equal rights.

"Serious and thoughtful people are advocating and taking actions that are anti-Semitic in their effect if not their intent," said Mr. Summers, referring both to the push for divestment and to actions by student organizations at Harvard and other campuses to raise money for groups found to have ties to terrorist groups.

Indeed, a story last year from the New York Times reported that activists and some members of parliament had fully turned on Statoil protests at the University of Bergen called for divestment and to an end to the company's funding of academic research, and the country's parliament took the unusual step of forcing the company to cut its carbon emissions.

As Felix Salmon pointed out in The Guardian earlier this year, the argument for divestment appeals to ethics, not finances.

Harvard spokeswoman Melodie Jackson told HuffPost that Taylor had made her support for divestment known to her colleagues on Harvard's governing boards and that the university respected and welcomed her opinion.

Adam Vaughn said the call for divestment is relevant to everyone from universities, to the church, politicians and the media.

"This study offers investors plenty of alternatives to being in Sudan". The study's findings are likely to give weight to shareholder proposals for divestment from companies linked to troubled regimes.

But a call for divestment passed, 5 to 0. Among those in the film business here, it has been difficult to find anyone who is not avoiding what had once been a favorite hotel and its sister properties.

However, given the above facts, in addition to the Palestinians' own shortcomings and substantial contributions to the current condition, it is incumbent on those who would single out Israel for divestment and sanctions, to explain why Israel is uniquely deserving of such treatment, and of how such treatment is likely to lead to any constructive end.

The financial argument for divestment appeals particularly to investors with long-term objectives, meaning faith groups are playing a significant role, says Mark Campanale, founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which pioneered the financial analysis of the carbon bubble.