| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.24 |
| Liaison | Tess Esposito |
| Submission Date | Feb. 23, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Dayton
IN-4: Innovation 4
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
| -- | 0.00 / 1.00 |
Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
The University of Dayton is divesting from all fossil fuel investments. Managers now use Institutional Shareholder Services for proxy voting of securities consistent with stated divestment and Catholic screens. Investment managers are notified and instructed to sell any prohibited security and to vote proxies with university instructions. The University's restricted securities list is modelled after publically available lists used by divestment proponents. Negative screens are used for 100% of the endowment and include the top 200 global public coal, oil and gas companies ranked by potential carbon emissions content of reserves and ten highest polluting US utility companies and five least responsible coal mining companies.
A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
Which of the following STARS subcategories does the innovation most closely relate to? (Select all that apply up to a maximum of five):
| Yes or No | |
| Curriculum | --- |
| Research | --- |
| Campus Engagement | No |
| Public Engagement | Yes |
| Air & Climate | Yes |
| Buildings | --- |
| Dining Services | --- |
| Energy | Yes |
| Grounds | --- |
| Purchasing | --- |
| Transportation | --- |
| Waste | --- |
| Water | --- |
| Coordination, Planning & Governance | Yes |
| Diversity & Affordability | --- |
| Health, Wellbeing & Work | --- |
| Investment | Yes |
Other topic(s) that the innovation relates to that are not listed above:
The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The university does not wish to release the information required for credit in the Planning and Administration section on Divestment. However, it has been well-documented that the university is divesting from fossil fuels, and we wish to represent this significant success in the STARS report by reporting on it in the innovation section.
The university does not wish to release the information required for credit in the Planning and Administration section on Divestment. However, it has been well-documented that the university is divesting from fossil fuels, and we wish to represent this significant success in the STARS report by reporting on it in the innovation section.
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