{"id":127738,"date":"2021-06-07T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=127738"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:40","slug":"majority-of-institutions-call-on-pension-fund-abp-to-meet-climate-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/06\/07\/majority-of-institutions-call-on-pension-fund-abp-to-meet-climate-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Majority of institutions call on pension fund ABP to meet climate goals\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers have been hard at work seeking diverse methods for generating sustainable energy to fight the climate emergency. At the same time, they see that their own pension fund ABP still has large investments in fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas: an estimated 17 billion euros of the total assets of 500 billion.<\/p>\n

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In March, the self-declared \u2018coalition of concerned scientists\u2019 Scientists4Future<\/a>, therefore, along with all the Dutch Young Academies, sent<\/a> a letter to the Boards of 45 universities and universities of applied sciences. The same letter also went to their umbrella organisations.<\/p>\n

Positive reactions<\/h2>

Their appeal: help us put pressure on ABP to divest its holdings in the fossil fuel industry. The campaigners also want an independent committee to check whether ABP\u2019s investment portfolio is in line with climate goals.<\/p>\n

Of the institutions approached, 55 percent have already responded positively, the scientists report in their press release. That includes 11 universities, 14 universities of applied sciences and one umbrella organisation. Who exactly is involved they prefer to leave up in the air.<\/p>\n

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