#divestment

#divestment

"We have been clear that while low-carbon energy has a role to play in a simpler, more focused BP, we will continue to rationalize and optimize our portfolio to generate value."

KLP, managing assets worth $114 billion, sold its holdings in Oshkosh Corporation valued at 19 million kroner and its investment in ThyssenKrupp worth 10 million kroner.

KLP Pension has excluded defense companies Oshkosh Corp. and ThyssenKrupp AG from investments due to their ties with the Israeli military and Gaza conflict.

If ever there was a moment that demands civil disobedience, it is the hour of genocide. We walk in the footsteps of earlier Stanford students who occupied this same plaza to end the Vietnam War and later to force partial divestment from apartheid South Africa. Now that baton passes to us. On October 20, 2023, Stanford students built the nation's first Gaza‑solidarity encampment.

"The Not On Our Dime campaign aimed to empower voters to decide on the use of tax dollars concerning companies involved in genocide or apartheid, reflecting deep community values."

The bombing, the killing, the massive violations of human rights have been an ongoing issue throughout, but the recent realities in Gaza are dire.

USF announced it will divest from four U.S. companies with ties to the Israeli military, a significant but limited concession to pro-Palestinian protesters.

"The hunger strikers say they were inspired by students at Chapman University in Orange, who launched a similar campaign in April. That strike ended after 10 days with no concessions from their university."