Fossil Free - Divest from Fossil Fuels
General
Name of initiative | Fossil Free - Divest from Fossil Fuels |
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LPAA initiative | No |
NAZCA Initiative | No |
Website address | http://gofossilfree.org/ |
Related initiatives | |
Starting year | 2014 |
End year | |
Secretariat | This initiative can be contacted at hello@gofossilfree.org
Different focal points for different regions Please see here for contacts: https://gofossilfree.org/contacts/ |
Organisational structure | Fossil Free is a project of 350.org.
Many national initiatives |
Geographical coverage | Global, North America, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and The Caribbean, Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe |
Name of lead organisation | 350.org |
Type of lead organisation | NGO/Civil Society |
Location/Nationality of lead organisation | United States of America |
Description
Description | International network of campaigns and campaigners working toward fossil fuel divestment in our communities.
The kinds of institutions that are divesting: Faith-based Organization — 28% Philanthropic Foundation — 19% Government — 17% Educational Institution — 16% Pension fund — 10% NGO — 5% For Profit Corporation — 3% Healthcare Institution — 1% Cultural Institution — 0% Other — 0% |
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Objectives | FREEZE any new investments in fossil fuels,
DIVEST from the fossil fuel industry's top 200 carbon-emitting companies, and REINVEST in clean energy and socially responsible alternatives. |
Activities | Campaigning to ask institutions to immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies;
Divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within 5 years. |
One or two success stories achieved |
Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative | Political dialogue |
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Activity of initiative | Awareness raising and outreach |
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Participants
Participants | Number | Names | ||||||||
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Members | 1243 | |||||||||
Companies | 0 | |||||||||
Business organisations | 0 | |||||||||
Research and educational organisations | 0 | |||||||||
Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |||||||||
National states | 0 | |||||||||
Governmental actors | 0 | |||||||||
Regional / state / county actors | 0 | |||||||||
City / municipal actors | 0 | |||||||||
Intergovernmental organisations | 0 | |||||||||
Financial Institutions | 0 | |||||||||
Faith based organisations | 0 | |||||||||
Other members | 1243 | These institutions have signed up for partial or full divestment (see http://gofossilfree.org/commitments/) | ||||||||
Supporting partners | 0 | |||||||||
Number of members in the years |
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Have only national states as participators | No |
Theme
Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Last update: 23 February 2023 15:05:38
Not only have national states as participators