Carleton, Queen’s make new commitments to meet climate change goals

Carleton University and Queen’s University have made new announcements about the efforts they are taking to meet environmental sustainability goals. Carleton has updated its investment policies and committed to not holding direct fossil fuel investments in its Endowment and Non-Endowed Operating funds. It has also announced a strategy that includes the significant decarbonization of these portfolios by 2030 and the establishment of a fossil-fuel free investment fund for donors. Queen’s has announced that it will be reducing its investment portfolios’ carbon footprints to be 25% below the global equities benchmark by 2030. The decarbonization will be done ahead of the market without singling out specific industries. Carleton| Queen’s Note: Archived stories may contain dead links or be missing source links.