We of Mendocino County for Ethical Investing do not want our County’s investment dollars to be used to undermine the values we hold dear. Our County has an investment portfolio worth over a half a billion dollars with investments in weapons of war, fossil fuel, and other extractive corporations.
Our resolution would:
- Strengthen Mendocino County’s investment policy to exclude investments that harm our climate, fund weapons of war and genocide, and otherwise undermine the values we hold dear.
- Call for the immediate divestment of $15 million of holdings in:
- Bank of America—for crimes against the climate and crimes against humanity
- The Royal Bank of Canada—for crimes against the climate and crimes against humanity
- Caterpillar Inc—for aiding and abetting the illegal occupation of Palestine
- Create a framework for future accountability.