Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 45.82
Liaison Amy Kadrie
Submission Date Jan. 21, 2025

STARS v3.0

University of Rochester
PA-4: Sustainable Investment Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 4.00 Karen Berger
Ph.D.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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4.1 Sustainable investment policy or committee

Has the institution formally incorporated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and/or climate risk as material issues to be considered when making investment decisions?:
Yes

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of how the institution has incorporated ESG factors and/or climate risk as material issues to be considered when making investment decisions:
Ethical Investment Advisory Committee: 
The University’s mission includes education, research, creative expression, community engagement, and provision of healthcare. These activities are conducted according to a set of core values, which include freedom of expression, equality of persons, respect for cultural diversity, dissemination of knowledge in the public interest, fair labor standards, human rights, democratic governance and environmental sustainability. Our investment policy seeks to assure the consistency of our institutional support strategies with our core values.
https://www.rochester.edu/endowment/eiac/ 

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Points earned for indicator PA 4.1:
2

4.2 Negative screening and divestment

Does the institution employ negative screening and/or targeted divestment in support of sustainability?:
Yes

Narrative and/or website URL providing evidence of the institution’s use of negative screening and/or targeted divestment in support of sustainability:

The Investment Committee has approved resolutions pertaining to sustainable/responsible investing as recommended by the Ethical Investment Advisory Committee (EIAC), as follows: * May 15, 2019: The University of Rochester pledges to make no direct investments in companies engaged in substantial production of thermal coal or oil from tar sands * May 13, 2020: The University of Rochester will make no direct investments in any publicly-traded company that owns or operates private prisons, including CoreCivic and its subsidiaries, GEO Group, and G4S * June 30, 2021: The University commits itself to making no new direct investments or investments in investment vehicles through its Long-Term Investment Pool that are primarily devoted to the development, exploration, extraction, processing, storage, transportation or distribution of fossil fuels, including petroleum, coal and natural gas, or associated services The Investment Office notifies all of the University’s investment managers of the resolutions and monitors the portfolio to ensure that all holdings are in compliance.


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Points earned for indicator PA 4.2:
1

4.3 Investor engagement 

Has the institution engaged in proxy voting in support of sustainability during the previous three years, either directly or through an investment manager?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s proxy voting in support of sustainability:
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Has the institution filed a shareholder resolution or signed on to an investor statement in support of sustainability during the previous three years, either directly or through an investment manager?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the shareholder resolutions or investor statements in support of sustainability:
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Is the institution an active participant in one or more sustainability or ESG-focused investor networks?:
No

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s participation in sustainability or ESG-focused investor networks:

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Points earned for indicator PA 4.3:
0

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