New research shows divestment works!

Recently published research by the University of Augsburg shows that divestment works:

• Divestment resulted in reducing the divested company's share price

• The divested companies reacted by cutting their carbon emissions

This short video explains the researchers methodology and findings:

Tired old objections to refreshing new answers

• There is no evidence that divestment works => There is now strong evidence

• ​Selling shares has no effect on price => Yes it does!

• ​A new buyer may not care about carbon emissions => The divested company reacts by cutting its emissions!

• ​Engagement has more effect => NO! Divestment easily outperformed engagement in this study.

You can find out more by reading the full report here - as you might expect, it is thorough, detailed and convincing!