Divesting Colorado's Pension From Fossil Fuels Would Have Added $2.7B
Zach Stein · A theory of change for climate investing [partner content] · Mar 8, 2023 · at 14:59
Zach Stein, CEO of Carbon Collective, discusses historical returns and empirical studies on fossil fuel divestment with host Stephen Lacey.
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“If they had divested from fossil fuels in 2012, they would have had 2.7 billion more dollars. In that fund. It would have been about an additional 4100 dollars per pensioneer for that.”
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