Endowment Investments in Fossil Fuels

CARLETON’S ENDOWMENT AND HOLDINGS IN THE TOP 200 FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES—SPRING 2014

$780 MILLION is the approximate total value of Carleton’s Endowment as of May 2014. This total ranks Carleton just outside the top 100 colleges and universities. This total is managed by outside managers hired by the college. No social or environmental “screens” are applied to these funds, but investment manager behavior and ethics are taken into account. This total can be divided into two broad categories: commingled funds or partnerships and direct holdings.

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