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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose

University investment funds urge ‘bold action’ to stop new fossil fuel projects

Shell logo on petrol and diesel pumps
Shell will hold its annual shareholder meeting this week. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

A coalition of university investment funds has called on institutional investors to rebel against the boards of fossil fuel companies and their backers.

As Shell prepares for its annual shareholder meeting this week, representatives from the Universities of Newcastle, Sussex, Bristol and from Trinity College, Cambridge and from Jesus College, Cambridge, have written an open letter to the asset management industry urging “bold action” to stop new fossil fuel projects.

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