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113 Groups Push TIAA to Divest from Fossil Fuels & Stop Land Grabs, Calling TIAA’s Net Zero by 2050 Plan “Wildly Inadequate” for the Climate Crisis

Sept. 28th 2021 – 113 climate justice, farm and food justice, human rights and environmental organizations joined TIAA-Divest! and the Stop Land Grabs Coalition to reject false climate solutions from TIAA, the $1.3T financial giant which manages retirement accounts for about 5 million clients and pension funds around the world. In a letter laying out 6 clear demands, the groups reject TIAA’s promise to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as “greenwashing” and push TIAA to fully divest from fossil fuels by 2025 and to immediately stop its acquisitions of farmland.
Read the full press release.

We Demand TIAA stop investing in activities that cause climate destruction!

TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association) offers educators, arts workers, scholars and others financial security at retirement. But they do it through investing in companies fueling environmental destruction.

In a time where fossil fuel investments are rapidly becoming stranded assets, and renewable energy solutions are recognized as our energy future, this is unacceptable. It’s up to you to demand that TIAA divest from fossil fuels and implement a no deforestation investment policy.

TIAA-Divest! Activists protesting at TIAA’s NYC office, April 2021

Campus Resolutions Calling On TIAA to Divest from Climate Destruction

TIAA-Divest works to empower educators, staff and students to organize and demand that TIAA stop financing fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure, deforestation and land grabs.

The following institutions have passed resolutions demanding that retirement savings not be used to finance these unethical and irresponsible activities:

Cornell UniversitySUNY New Paltz
The New SchoolSUNY Stony Brook
SUNY University Statewide Faculty SenateSUNY Geneseo
United University Professions (UUP)SUNY Cortland
PSC-CUNY (City University of New York’s faculty and staff union)SUNY Albany
SUNY New Paltz UUP SUNY Upstate Medical University

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Resolutions Demanding TIAA Divestment To Date:

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Take Action

  • Sign our Divest petition to TIAA’s CEO
  • Encourage environmental, social justice and climate activist groups to sign on to our campaign
  • Amplify our message! Link to this page and let the social media world know about TIAA’s deceptive practices.

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