The UoA Foundation are Finally Talking about their Fossil Fuel Investments. Now it’s time to divest
Students and staff at the University of Auckland have been campaigning for almost three years for the University Foundation, who invest the University's endowment of $180 million, to divest from fossil fuels. At their meeting on 23 June this year, the University Foundation tabled an open letter calling for divestment, signed by 244 academic and professional University staff members.
NZ Super Fund’s Climate Standards “Underwhelming” – Press release
19th October, 2016
350 Aotearoa has called the NZ Super Fund’s climate focused investment standards that were announced today “underwhelming” due to a lack of clarity around the guidelines …
Press Release – Ratification Can’t Replace Real Action on Climate Change
PRESS RELEASE
17 August, 2016
Ratification Can’t Replace Real Action on Climate Change
Three-Fifty Aotearoa is sceptical that New Zealand’s ratification of the Paris Agreement by the end of the …
Auckland Council’s irresponsible investments in fossil fuels
PRESS RELEASE
August 2, 2016
Contact: Sandy Hildebrandt, sandy@350.org.nz
Auckland Council is currently investing tens of millions of dollars in fossil fuel companies like Exxon and Anadarko, despite its …
University Graduation interrupted with a call for fossil fuel divestment
A University of Auckland graduate has called out his alma mater for not divesting from fossil fuels while crossing the stage to receive his degree yesterday afternoon.
Students receive degrees covered in oil protesting UoA investments
A mock graduation ceremony was held today where degrees covered in oil were handed out to students in protest at the University of Auckland’s failure to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Five Anglican Church Dioceses lead the way in fossil fuel divestment
350 Aotearoa is celebrating another fossil fuel divestment announcement today, with news that the Dunedin and Taranaki/Waikato Dioceses of the Anglican Church have become the latest to pledge their commitment to remove their money from fossil fuels at their annual synod meetings this weekend. Five Anglican Church Dioceses of New Zealand have now committed to divest.