Trustees divest holdings in the Sudan

The Board chose the companies based on the review of research completed by various external institutions. For example, College staff explored company lists created by non-governmental organizations who support divestment, such as other divesting universities, in conjunction with reports produced by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Amherst is one of many institutional clients that enlist ISS to investigate the activities of companies in which they have investments. In recent months, sev