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...What left me confused was that there is no reason to limit divestment to those three companies," Millenson said. "There are others that are equal offenders, which is precisely why we develop criteria...
...Daniel Millenson, a rising junior at Brandeis University, is one of the leaders of the Sudan Divestment Task Force—the organization that authored the original targeted divestment proposal. After reading the CCSR report, he said he found their decision baffling...
...Millenson said he disagreed with the CCSR's characterization of the divestment criteria as "broadly worded," especially given that 12 of the 18 states that have adopted divestment legislation used the same proposal that Harvard has rejected...
...multi-national companies with connections to Sudan, we focus on two or three dozen," Millenson said. "Divestment is only effective when everyone is working for the same thing, and Harvard is missing out by categorically rejecting a criteria-based approach...
Although Harvard's decision to divest from PetroChina in April 2005 set a precedent as the first university to divest from a company because of its involvement in Sudan, Millenson said that the CCSR report indicates a disappointing change of heart in the University's investment decisions...