FWCC makes green commitment
FWCC announces divestment from fossil fuel companies
by Tara Craig
9th October 2015
Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has announced its divestment from fossil fuel companies.
The announcement follows a decision made in June 2015 by the organisation’s Central Executive Committee. This was prompted by FWCC’s 2012 ‘Kabarak Call for Peace and Eco-justice’, which recognised the dangers of climate change and its effect on famine, migrations and war. FWCC pledged to act to reduce the organisation’s climate impact.
The money divested from fossil fuels has been redirected to a fund supporting wind energy projects.
FWCC is the latest in a number of Quaker organisations to divest, among them the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.
