Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 77.34 |
Liaison | Sally DeLeon |
Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2022 |
University of Maryland, College Park
PA-10: Sustainable Investment
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.09 / 5.00 |
Emily
Hightower Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Safety, Sustainability, and Risk |
Total value of the investment pool:
Value of holdings in each of the following categories:
Value of holdings | |
Sustainable industries (e.g., renewable energy or sustainable forestry) | 0 US/Canadian $ |
Businesses selected for exemplary sustainability performance (e.g., using criteria specified in a sustainable investment policy) | 0 US/Canadian $ |
Sustainability investment funds (e.g., a renewable energy or impact investment fund) | 104,000,000 US/Canadian $ |
Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) or the equivalent | 0 US/Canadian $ |
Socially responsible mutual funds with positive screens (or the equivalent) | 1,700,000 US/Canadian $ |
Green revolving funds funded from the endowment | 0 US/Canadian $ |
A brief description of the companies, funds, and/or institutions referenced above:
Percentage of the institution's investment pool in positive sustainability investments:
Does the institution have a publicly available sustainable investment policy?:
A copy of the sustainable investment policy:
The sustainable investment policy:
Does the institution use its sustainable investment policy to select and guide investment managers?:
A brief description of how the sustainable investment policy is applied:
Has the institution engaged in proxy voting, either by its CIR or other committee or through the use of guidelines, to promote sustainability during the previous three years?:
A copy of the proxy voting guidelines or proxy record:
A brief description of how managers are adhering to proxy voting guidelines:
Has the institution filed or co-filed one or more shareholder resolutions that address sustainability or submitted one or more letters about social or environmental responsibility to a company in which it holds investments during the previous three years?:
Examples of how the institution has engaged with corporations in its portfolio about sustainability issues during the previous three years:
Does the institution participate in a public divestment effort and/or have a publicly available investment policy with negative screens?:
A brief description of the divestment effort or negative screens and how they have been implemented:
Approximate percentage of endowment that the divestment effort and/or negative screens apply to:
Does the institution engage in policy advocacy by participating in investor networks and/or engage in inter-organizational collaborations to share best practices?:
A brief description of the investor networks and/or collaborations:
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable investment efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In January 2015, several investment staff members traveled to New York to ring the closing bell for the New York Stock Exchange to mark the launch of a new product, seeded solely by the United Nations and the USM Foundation. The product, iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (Ticker: CRBN), seeks to maintain global stock exposure while reducing the carbon footprint of an investment portfolio.
The information reported in this credit represents the market value at 2021 calendar year end; the Annual Report represents the market value as of 2021 fiscal year end (June 30, 2021).
In January 2015, several investment staff members traveled to New York to ring the closing bell for the New York Stock Exchange to mark the launch of a new product, seeded solely by the United Nations and the USM Foundation. The product, iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (Ticker: CRBN), seeks to maintain global stock exposure while reducing the carbon footprint of an investment portfolio.
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