Residents urge supervisors to forward divestment recommendation; committee advances item to full board Dozens of residents and community groups urged the Finance and Government Operations Committee on Nov. 6 to forward a Sustainability Commission recommendation that would exclude new or renewed fossil fuel investments from the countyinvestment pool and to expand prohibitions to companies alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses. The FGOC put

Residents in Santa Clara County are demanding action to keep taxpayer dollars away from fossil fuel investments and companies linked to human rights abuses.

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Public urges Santa Clara County to adopt sustainable investment policy; staff says treasury has no fossil-fuel holdings Dozens of public commenters urged the Finance & Government Operations Committee to forward a Sustainability Commission recommendation to bar new or renewed investments in fossil fuels and to expand criteria to companies alleged to be complicit in human-rights abuses. County staff said the treasury pool contained no fossil-fuel company investments "

Residents and advocacy groups are rallying for Santa Clara County to ditch fossil fuel investments and hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses.

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