On 18 July, Mandela Day, we invited friends and partners from SA civil society to learn more about the possibilities and limitations of socially responsible investment. Together with our guests Brad McWalter of McWalter Advisory and Ashley Daswa of Sanlam we delved into how our investments can be reframed for justice and sustainability in a …
This Mandela Day, 18 July 2023, we invite you to join us to spend 67 minutes honouring Mandela’s legacy by learning more about how your investments can build the more just and sustainable world that we all want: Money Talk: Redefining Investments for Justice and Sustainability When: 18 July (Mandela Day) at 13:00 Where: Online …
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As new evidence emerges internationally to show the efficacy of fossil fuel divestment for accelerating the global struggle to limit climate breakdown, Fossil Free SA has released its first report surveying SA institutions attempting to divest. Following a long-standing campaign by students and Fossil Free South Africa, the University of Cape Town (UCT) made a …
On Tuesday 11 May, UCT students protested to urge the UCT University Panel on Responsible Investment (UPRI) to make the strongest possible recommendations on fossil fuel divestment. After seven years of pressuring UCT to divest from fossil fuels, this marked a pivotal moment in the campaign.“If UCT values evidence-based decisions, it can no longer ignore …
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After years of putting pressure on the University of Cape Town to divest from climate-breaking fossil fuels, the university has at last formally launched its responsible investment panel (the University Panel on Responsible Investment, or UPRI) and approved a Responsible and Sustainable Investment Policy! The UPRI now has a formal website, here. This is major progress indeed. But what now? The panel …
Stand up with us and ask your asset managers to #InvestFossilFree. Our latest campaign is calling on SA’s leading asset managers to create truly fossil fuel-free SA investment funds. We believe they should at last offer individual asset owners – that’s all of you with savings and pensions and unit trusts – the chance to …
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The following was extracted from our 2020 closing newsletter. You can sign up for our newsletters straight to your inbox here. What a year this has been. We do hope that you have come through it without too much difficulty. Unfortunately, the pandemic is the kind of event that is considered by many experts to …
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Call to Action In support of groundWork’s recent request “for a speedy and urgent investigation to arrest and put on trial those responsible for the murder of Mama Fikile Ntshangase”, we are sending a follow-up letter to President Ramaphosa and Minister of Police Bheki Cele in support of groundWork and the Somkhele community. Please read our letter …
Date: 11 November Time: 19h30 Place: https://meet.google.com/ygz-bjuw-irv Please register your attendance below or via bit.ly/ffsa-uct-webinar We’ve been campaigning for UCT to stop investing in climate-breaking fossil fuels for seven years, while hundreds of global institutions have joined the movement. Over the past few months, many people and institutions have written to the new UCT Council in …
Fossil Free South Africa and 350 Africa congratulate the City of eThekwini/Durban on becoming the second South African city to commit to phasing out investments in climate-breaking fossil fuels. The eThekwini commitment was announced in late September, when the Mayors of Durban and Cape Town joined a group of 12 mayors from North America, Europe …