Fossil Fuel Divestment Webinar: Catholic Divest Toolkit

A fossil fuel divestment webinar focusing on the link between divestment and mission will take place on September 6, 2017 – 10am NYC / 3pm GMT/ 4pm Rome/ 4pm South Africa. It is titled, "Prophetic Actions and Voices on Fossil Fuels and Climate Justice: Silent Disinvestment or Public Divestment?"

The webinar will present the new Catholic Divest toolkit. It provides practical information on divestment and on fossil free investment.  This webinar is part of Catholic Season of Creation events. For resources on staging a Season of Creation event click here.

The aim is to raise the issue of going public with divestment decisions for the next Joint Catholic announcement on October 4, 2017 having prophetic voice.

This webinar is being convened by the Global Catholic Climate Movement with Trocaire, Catholic Welfare and Development and FOCSIV. The co-sponsors are Etica Sgr, L&P Investment Services, oekom research AG, Vigeo Eiris. The moderator will be Kevin Roussell, Executive Director of CWD - Catholic Welfare & Development (South Africa).

Speakers

• Luigino Bruni, Professor of Economics at Lumsa University, 
• Cecilia DallâOglio, European Programs Manager at the Global Catholic Climate Movement
• Lorna Gold, Trocaire.

Program

• Luigino Bruni , Professor of Economics at the Lumsa University (Rome) and worldwide coordinator of the Economy of Communion – “The importance of of the prophetic voice of the religious orders in the economic sphere”
• Cecilia Dall’Oglio , European Programs Manager at the Global Catholic Climate Movement – “ Joint Global Catholic Divestment Announcements – Next one on October 4, 2017 during Season of Creation”
• Lorna Gold , Project Coordinator, Laudato Sí at Trócaire (Ireland) – “From Divest to Invest: presentation of the new catholic Divest tool kit”

If you have any question please contact Cecilia Dall’Oglio at cecilia@catholicclimatemovement.global and
Daniela Finamore at daniela@catholicclimatemovement.global

Click here to register.

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