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Queen's University Divestment Petition

Queen's University Divestment Petition

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 5 months ago
Dear Principal Williams, Queen's University is currently invested in a number of companies which have committed "social injury" as outlined in the Queen's University Statement of Responsible Investing. These companies have had an injurious impact on consumers, employees, or other persons and have violated, or frustrated, the enforcement of rules of domestic or international law intended to protect individuals against deprivation of health, safety, or basic freedoms. Of those who have committed "social injury" the following are particularly egregious: Nestle, Wal-Mart, Monsanto, BHP Billiton, Royal Dutch Shell, Goldcorp, Lockheed-Martin, Dow Chemical, Chiquita, Del Monte, Altria/Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, ExxonMobile, Chevron, Barrick Gold, and Rio Tinto. We, the undersigned, ask the Queen's Board of Trustees to divest all Queen's assets from the aforementioned companies. Should economic conditions prohibit this action, we ask that the Board of Trustees divest all assets when the value of each individual holding returns to its value as of September 1, 2008 or three years has passed since the receipt of this petition, whichever occurs first.

Updates

March 31, 2009

The Board of Trustees has yet to acknowledge our request but their silence confirms why this fight is necessary. Call the Board office today to demand they address these investments. Copy the petition link to your Facebook page to ensure the administration cannot ignore us.

March 31, 2009

The momentum behind this divestment call is building and the Board of Trustees cannot ignore us for long. Post our petition link to your Facebook feed and email your department representative today to keep this pressure at a maximum.

6 Comments

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Sarah Reddy
17 years ago Featured

queens needs to wake up and look at who they are actually handing money to. so embarrassed to be an alumni right now.

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Emily Achebe
17 years ago Featured

pretty simple concept. act like a responsible institution instead of a greedy corporation. we are supposed to be better than this.

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Mike Rodriguez
17 years ago Featured

bout time we stopped profiting off companies that destroy everything they touch. divest now.

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David Phillips
17 years ago Featured

STOP INVESTING IN NESTLE. period.

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Jason Afolabi
17 years ago Featured

been waiting for someone to finally call out these specific corps. get our money out of there.

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Jennifer Warner
17 years ago Featured

my tuition shouldnt be going to companies that kill the planet and violate human rights. gross.

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