Comments on: Fossil fuel divestment: not whether but when

By: Responsible Investment – The Balancing Act — Scotland's 2020 Climate Group

Responsible Investment – The Balancing Act — Scotland's 2020 Climate Group — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:35:56 +0000

[…] the University, on what to do and how to do it. For example, see this from People and Planet or this post from Edinburgh University academic Tim Hayward, or this counter-view from […]

By: Perspectives on Global Environmental Change: What does it mean for the University of Edinburgh to be a Responsible Investor? | Global Environment & Society Academy

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:23:34 +0000

[…] the university, on what to do and how to do it. For example, see this from People and Planet or this post from Edinburgh University academic Tim Hayward or this counter-view from […]

By: On divestment, double-think, and the authority of received (un-)wisdom | Tim Hayward

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:24:10 +0000

[…] is about to hold a referendum on whether to divest its endowment from fossil fuels. Having recently blogged on that subject from here in Edinburgh, and coincidentally having also touched on it in an address at Yale a few […]

By: Should universities divest from fossil fuels? | Tim Hayward

Should universities divest from fossil fuels? | Tim Hayward — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:17:48 +0000

[…] People unpersuaded by the campaign suggest that to do so would be socially, financially and institutionally irresponsible. The manifestation of any one of these sorts of irresponsibility in a divestment decision would be sufficient reason to resist the demands. The question, therefore, is whether an argument centring on any one of those concerns can, when carefully examined, actually succeed. I look at them in turn in my latest think piece for the Just World Institute: Fossil Fuel Divestment: not whether but when. […]