the Men's Boat Race demanding that universities commit to full divestment from fossil fuels Universities are at the epicenter of a broad debate about the use of boycotts and divestments as a social change strategy. As a professor, I have been following these debates for years and have been alarmed by many presumptions about the linkage of finances to behavioral change.
students are calling for boycotts and divestments of particular donors or endowments to spur policy changes. The question we need to ask is how effective are such boycotts and divestments one way or another and what is the opportunity cost for society at large? good evidence to suggest that research completely undertaken by industry can be biased towards particular commercial interests.
However, this does not mean that good science has not occurred in industry labs. Indeed, Nobel prize-winning work in products like developing theNow let us consider the impact of divestments. Financial investment vehicles are now so diffuse and with such a wide range of options in portfolio profile that divestment needs to be of a massive scale to have an impact.
but most major multinationals would be able to weather the storm quite easily .would not suffer from divesting since there are lots of comparable performing socially responsible investment funds available.Drake Kendrick Lamar Feud Timeline Another Trespasser Caught At Drake s Toronto Home Police SayBoycotts are quite different from divestments in terms of efficacy. The evidence of the effectiveness of boycotts in hurting antagonists is much greater.