“It is our moral duty to Divest from fossil fuels.”
“Academic Institutions that are still vested in fossil fuels should ask themselves whether they are in breach of their social responsibility to serve the community and the nation as a whole.”
“People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.”
“We can really invest in new energy sources, divest from old sources, and actually make the economy stronger. So let’s do it.”
“If you’re committed to greening your campus why wouldn’t you be committed to greening your portfolio, too?”
“The fact that Wells Fargo has invested money in DAPL indicates gross corporate irresponsibility and hypocrisy. As a signatory to the Ecuador Principles, how can Wells Fargo be associated with these companies?”
“We have to go after the fossil fuel companies head-on and tell them that they can’t destroy our world.”
“Now is the time to divest and invest to let our world leaders know that we, as individuals and as institutions, are taking action.”
“Have YOU divested yet?”
?Even minimal due diligence shows that Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco, the companies that own and operate the pipeline, have the worst oil spill record in the United States. How can I trust a bank that was not aware of this?”
“As a customer of your bank, I reject the notion of my money helping to support your investment in the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is an inherently dangerous and unjust oil pipeline that threatens air and water quality in many states and violates sacred lands of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.”