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States have adopted divestment
policies from Sudan. Sixteen of these
states have passed the Sudan Divestment Task Force model of targeted Sudan divestment: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
Rhode Island, Texas,
and Vermont. Eight of these
states have developed state specific methods of Sudan
divestment: Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey and
Oregon.
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additional States have initiated Sudan
divestment campaigns. Eight of
these states have targeted Sudan
divestment legislation currently introduced: Alaska,
Delaware, Michigan,
New Hampshire, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, and Tennessee. Six of these states have campaigns awaiting
introduction of legislation or are pursuing Sudan
divestment by other means: Alaska, Georgia, Kentucky,
Nebraska, Nevada,
and Wyoming.
The United
States Government has approved the Sudan
Accountability and Divestment Act which authorizes and encourages state and
local divestment, prohibits federal contracts with problematic companies that
operate in Sudan’s oil,
power, mineral and military sectors, and provides legal protections to asset
managers that choose to divest from Sudan.
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Universities have adopted divestment
policies from Sudan.
From the first University, Harvard, to the most recent, including Clark University, Georgetown
University, Case Western Reserve University, Denison University, Trinity
University, and Roosevelt
University in a display
of grassroots power, students, faculty and administrators have united to ensure
that their schools make conscionable, genocide-free investments.
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Universities have initiated campaigns to
pursue Sudan
divestment policies.
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Cities have adopted divestment policies from Sudan: Baltimore,
MD; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Denver, CO; Edina, MN; Los Angeles, CA; MetroWest, NJ; Miami Beach, FL; Miami Gardens, FL; New
Haven, CT; Newton, MA; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh,
PA; Providence, RI; San Francisco, CA; St. Paul, MN; Washington D.C; and
Worcester, MA.
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International and Religious Organizations have adopted divestment
policies from Sudan: American
Jewish World Service, Boston Foundation, Church
of England, Evangelical Covenant Church,
National Council of Jewish Women, National Ministries, Presbyterian Church USA, Providers’ Council, Union
for Reform Judaism, Unitarian Universalist Association, and United Jewish
Communities.
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Countries have initiated targeted Sudan
divestment campaigns. International divestment campaigns currently include: Australia, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Denmark,
Germany, India, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, South
Africa, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
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Companies have ceased operations in
Sudan (or formalized and
publicized a plan to do so) or significantly changed their behavior in the country since the
proliferation of the Sudan
divestment movement. Several of the companies have directly and/or publicly
cited the Sudan divestment
movement as a cause of their actions, while others have mentioned “humanitarian,”
“political,” and even “moral” concerns related to Sudan. Those companies include: ABB, Bauer
AG, CHC Helicopter, ICSA of India,
La Mancha Resources, Petrofac, Rolls Royce, Schlumberger,
Siemens, Weatherford International, and Weir Group.
