Irish Friends announce divestment
Ireland Yearly Meeting announce divestment from destructive industries
Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) has committed to developing an investment strategy by January 2017 to ethically invest all of its funds in sustainable and peaceful companies, and to divest from destructive industries, including fossil fuels. The commitment was made earlier this month at Yearly Meeting in Dublin.
Each Meeting has also been asked to develop its own sustainability plan before January 2017. This should take into consideration factors such as accessibility by public transport, energy efficiency, use of Fairtrade tea and coffee and use of organic and locally sourced food, when possible. IYM has been asked to take the same factors into account when planning the next Yearly Meeting.
These two commitments were made following the call to action on sustainability that came from the Friends World Committee for Consultation World Plenary in Peru in January 2016, urging the worldwide Quaker community to re-double its efforts in relation to sustainability.
