SAN FRANCISCO–Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems, today announced it will restrict investments in thermal coal companies, and expand investments in sustainability-focused asset managers and investment opportunities addressing climate change. The non-profit health system has recently strengthened its advocacy efforts by urging portfolio managers to include environmental sustainability into their investment decisions. This new screen against thermal coal has led Dignity Health to divest its holdings in a number of companies, and to restrict further investment in the industry. Read more via Business Wire
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- Paris and Beyond: Dignity Health Acts on Climate as Part of Healing Mission. Last week, Dignity Health announced that it was halting investments in coal companies in order to protect human health. On the heels of this news, we caught up with Sister Susan Vickers, Dignity Health’s Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, and Rachelle Wenger, Director of Public Policy & Community Advocacy, who were in Paris for the UN conference on climate change. We asked them about the significance of these talks and what climate change means for health care.
- Dignity Health halts investments in coal companies via Modern Healthcare