Humphreys speaks on just investing at Brown
C-SocPhil director joins panel on “Investing in Justice”
BOSTON — Joshua Humphreys, senior associate and director of the Center for Social Philanthropy at Tellus Institute, joined representatives from the Responsible Endowments Coalition and the Service Employees International Union for a panel discussion on the theme of “Investing in Justice” at Brown University.
The event was organized by student organizations in the Open the Books Coalition ahead of the winter meeting of the Brown Corporation. On the Corporation’s agenda was a recommendation from the University’s Advisory Committee on Responsible Investment Policy not to reinvest in HEI Hotels and Resorts, a hospitality private-equity firm with a notoriously bad reputation for its labor relations. Despite the stigma, leading college endowments have routinely invested in the firm’s funds.
Coverage in the Brown Daily Herald is online here.
