Divestment

Motion

WHEREAS students at Dalhousie value a sustainable future and wish to support
clean, renewable energy, and

WHEREAS the Dalhousie Student Union has invested the money of its members in
the blacklist identify the top 200 polluters in the fossil fuel industry, and

WHEREAS these investments are contributing to the capability of the blacklisted
fossil fuel companies to aggravate climate change and endanger our future through
the carbon bubble;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Dalhousie Student Union direct its Investment Advisor
to make the following proposed changes to its investment policies, in effect
divesting its investments in the 200 blacklisted companies in the fossil fuel industry:

DSU Health Plan Reserve Investment Policy Statement



Unique Circumstances or Regulatory Constraints (pg 4)

Addition: The investment mandate for the Dalhousie Student Union Health
Plan Reserve is to screen and exclude companies that negatively impact the
condition of the worlds climate through production and combustion of fossil
fuels. This excludes the top 200 publicly traded entities, as ranked by the
carbon dioxide equivalents held in their coal, oil and gas reserves. This
dynamic list is known as The Carbon Underground 200 available at
fossilfreeindexes.com. The DSU shall adjust its investments accordingly
based on the annual revision of The Carbon Underground 200.

DSU Endowment Fund Investment Policy Statement

Unique Circumstances or Regulatory Constraints (pg 6)

Addition: The investment mandate for the Dalhousie Student Union
Endowment Fund is to screen and exclude companies that negatively impact
the condition of the worlds climate through production and combustion of
fossil fuels. This excludes the top 200 publicly traded entities, as ranked by
the carbon dioxide equivalents held in their coal, oil and gas reserves. This
dynamic list is known as The Carbon Underground 200 available at
fossilfreeindexes.com. The DSU shall adjust its investments accordingly
based on the annual recent revision of The Carbon Underground 200.

DSU Venture Fund Investment Policy Statement

Unique Circumstances or Regulatory Constraints (pg 5)

Addition: The investment mandate for the Dalhousie Student Union Venture
Fund is to screen and exclude companies that negatively impact the condition of
the worlds climate through production and combustion of fossil fuels. This
excludes the top 200 publicly traded entities, as ranked by the carbon dioxide
equivalents held in their coal, oil and gas reserves. This dynamic list is known as
The Carbon Underground 200 available at fossilfreeindexes.com. The DSU shall
adjust its investments accordingly based on the annual revision of The Carbon
Underground 200.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Dalhousie Student Union commit to educating
and assisting University staff, students, faculty members, community groups and
organizations external to Dalhousie and other Student Unions in learning more
about divestment and the effects of climate change, renewable energy and the need
to mitigate the harm of the carbon bubble.