Questions on anything we discussed. Any questions . I have a comment. Very impressive. As you know when i was appointed, i was asked a lot of questions about esg by the board of supervisors and the like. I did what i thought was great Due Diligence but i had talked to bill earlier about this, and i wish i had known it wasnt as gloomy as i thought. They have taken an active step forward and andrea is coming on board with your associate. More importantly, the numbers against the benchmarking. I never get the acronyms right. They are proving out it is going in the right direction in terms of our exposure. I commend you on that and hopefully we can bring the light of day on these numbers to the public. Have you shared this with anybody assigned from the Board Members . Folks at city hall who raised these questions in the past . I met with certain beneficiaries, plan members, sort of informally, but no formal presentation to city hall. We have not provided an update since the last time we h
Improved on the ground by many accounts. Not fully resolved in terms of human rights abuses. By and large the country is stable. There is a joint civilian and military government in place. Things seem to be progressing according to the plans that have been outlined by the government. With the seven companies that would be added to this restricted list would it require us to divest of any positions. Are there ones where we would potentially have to take our position and divest . Correct. Those are the only two . This would be on page 2 of the memo. In the third column 2. 36 million in the electric. 3. 94 million in se s iemens tht we could make subject to our investment restriction. The determination was that by and large the u. S. Has lifted sanctions. These companies are providing as commissionter pointed out services to the citizens, and i think there are necessary communication and Power Services that the citizens do need. There is a consideration here of and as we proceed and evalu
With the seven companies that would be added to this restricted list would it require us to divest of any positions. Are there ones where we would potentially have to take our position and divest . Correct. Those are the only two . This would be on page 2 of the memo. In the third column 2. 36 million in the electric. 3. 94 million in se s iemens tht we could make subject to our investment restriction. The determination was that by and large the u. S. Has lifted sanctions. These companies are providing as commissionter pointed out services to the citizens, and i think there are necessary communication and Power Services that the citizens do need. There is a consideration here of and as we proceed and evaluate the benefits of allowing companies to operate in a Company Versus benefiting a government that is subject to sanctions or is enacting human rights abuses against citizens. That is the balance that we are trying to understand. They havent changed the investment policy as a result o
but on paper, the deal secured in dubai this morning is hugely significant. for the first time ever, there is language and a commitment to move away from fossil fuels. its impact, of course, will depend in large part on whether the signatories actually take steps to implement what they have agreed in the coming decade. after all, some of those countries included the united states, australia, canada, norway, who right now are expanding their already significant oil and gas production. there are many who had wanted a strongerform of words particularly the smaller island states, who are already facing the consequences of a warming planet. from dubai, our climate editor justin rowlatt sent this report. we waited and we waited, and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that is the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. t
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