The following are University of Pittsburgh background resources provided to the Committee upon its convening regarding the Committee’s Charge.
- Governance Documents
- Charge to Ad-Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels
- University of Pittsburgh of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education Bylaws as Amended Through June 29, 2018 and Commonwealth Act
- Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees
- Mission Statement
- Statement of Governance, Investment Objectives and Policies
- Consolidated Endowment Fund (CEF) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Policy (Adopted March 2020)
- SRI Process Resources
- University of Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees’ Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) screening process (Adopted by resolution in February 2020).
- Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s August 2019 letter detailing the University’s next steps towards considering sustainable investment strategies.
- University of Pittsburgh’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee’s July 2019 Report.
- General Sustainability Resources
- Pitt Sustainability Plan (January 2018)
- Resolution committing to carbon neutrality for the Pittsburgh campus by 2037 (Adopted February 2020)