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Sudan Divestment Task Force. The first targeted divestment campaign. The Taskforce also provide the regularly updated list of companies which warrant scrutiny because of their actions in Sudan. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Investors Against Genocide. This campaign began when a few of the members of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur became aware of Fidelity's large holdings in oil companies operating in Sudan - they have been joined by large, growing numbers of concerned citizens and Darfur activists from around the country, in a national campaign. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Save Darfur Coalition. The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 170 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. The Coalition’s member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur. Contact the Save Darfur Coalition.

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Fiduciary duty calls for divesting PDF Print E-mail

“Never again”, the phase oft used after the genocide perpetuated against the Jews in World War Two, a phase that runs true — unless you’re a trustee of a public pension plan. In which case the operative phrase is, “Divestment will violate my fiduciary responsibility”. So much for “never again”.

Matthew Potter, a member of the board of trustees for the Wyoming Retirement System, Cheyenne, and chairman of its investment committee, disputes the two most common reasons cited by fund managers to not divest. To argue that divesting from Sudan would open for divestment based on an array of social issues, and that fund managers fiduciary responsibility is to the members of the fund and not the people of Sudan, are he argues, short-sighted and disingenuous justifications for not dealing with this issue.

Read the Pensions and Investments article in full at http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071126/PRINTSUB/71121014/1008/rss12&rssfeed=rss12
 
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