Posts Tagged ‘CalPERS’
CalSTRS Tunes Out Teachers to Engage with Exxon
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (or, CalSTRS) prides itself on its shareholder engagement with fossil fuel companies. However, by spending their resources, time, and energy on connecting with oil giants like Exxon, CalSTRS has failed to engage with the shareholders who matter most: their own.
Read moreCalPERS’ Portfolio Harbors Nearly $45 Billion in Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons As we transition towards a sustainable society, the country’s largest public pension fund claims to be doing its part. CalPERS (the California Public Employees’ Retirement…
Read moreTo Help Ukraine, Will Pensions Divest From Unethical Fossil Fuels?
San Francisco & California pension funds: divest from both fossil-fuels and dictators! Many of us have been watching the images of terrible destruction and heartbreak from Ukraine. Have you wondered how President…
Read moreClimate Justice Coalition Cheers as Senator Gonzalez Introduces Pension Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill
Today, Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) introduced SB 1173 — the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act — in the California state legislature. The bill would mandate that California’s public pension…
Read moreCalPERS Corporate Knights Report
CalPERS Corporate Knights report demonstrates that investment in fossil fuels have lost CalPERS billions of dollars during the past decade.
Read moreFinancial Risk of CalPERS’ Fossil Fuel Assets
Clair Brown’s advanced economics students at UC Berkeley released a report detailing three factors contributing to CalPERS’ financial risks and the societal costs of fossil fuel asset ownership.
Read moreTeachers' unions support divestment
by Carlos Davidson California, famous worldwide for its leadership on climate change, is making big news in fossil fuel divestment, and it is doing it with some surprising union support. The…
Read moreDivest! Start with coal!
by Janet Cox Help us strip dirty coal money from California pension funds. Help us pass Senate Bill 185! Kevin de León, President pro Tem of the California State Senate,…
Read moreBig Oil isn't so big any more
This essay is by Diane Moe. Diane is a freelance copywriter, Cal grad (’75), and mother of two fierce sons. Big Oil, always a steady earner, is a solid financial investment, right?…
Read moreMore from the campaign launch
Fossil Free California is ramping up on many fronts. Our initial emphasis is on the state’s two big pension funds, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California…
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