What we believe.
- The way Yale University invests its $17 billion endowment has a huge impact on the world.
- Yale's educational and scholarly missions are based on strong values regarding the environment and society.
- Therefore, Yale should incorporate these environmental and social values into its investment decisions.
- Yale's current Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility—which was designed for this purpose in 1972—is no longer capable of fulfilling this essential function.
Who we are.
- We are a growing group of Yale students and alumni that support a student-written proposal that updates Yale's Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility for a modern endowment. This would be the first significant update to the committee in 37 years.
Who we are not.
- We do not oppose the modern approach to institutional investing of David Swensen and the Yale Investments Office. On the contrary, we have strived to develop a model of ethical investing that serves as a strong complement rather than an impediment to the Yale Model of institutional investing.
How you can get involved.