Sentence examples for foundations to divest from inspiring English sources
More than 72,000 people have signed the petition calling for the foundations to divest.
In March, the Guardian launched a campaign calling on the world's two largest charitable foundations to divest from fossil fuels.
The Guardian's Keep it in the Ground campaign has called on the Gates foundation to divest its $40bn endowment from fossil fuels.
Volunteers have been persistently campaigning outside the foundation's visitor centre in Seattle for a month since the city's former mayor started a campaign asking the foundation to divest.
"We are thrilled that the Gates foundation continues to divest from fossil fuel stocks, but it's time to divest the rest.
"If the Gates foundation committed to divest, it would not only send a powerful signal to the rest of the world, but also free up money that is needed to invest in research and development of future energy solutions".
It lists nine US colleges and universities, more than 20 US cities, 26 churches including the Uniting Church of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and many foundations that have pledged to divest.
In total, more than 220 institutions – from pension funds to faith organisations to foundations – have now made similar commitments to divest as part of a global campaign started by 350.org.
Since McKibben's climate movement 350.org launched its fossil fuel divestment campaign in 2012, more than 220 institutions – including universities, faith organisations, local authorities, pension funds and foundations – have committed to divesting from fossil fuels.
The Guardian is currently running a Keep it in the Ground campaign to encourage the world's two largest charitable foundations – the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust – to divest their endowments from fossil fuel assets.
In March, the Guardian launched Keep it in the Ground, a campaign calling on the world's biggest charitable foundations – the Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – to divest.
