GC42 United Church of Canada Pension Board Divestment from Goldcorp (GC42 2015-029)

That the 42nd General Council 2015, responding to the ethical imperative of our faith as expressed in the social policies of The United Church of Canada, and commitments to partnership and right relations including support for free, prior and informed consent, instructs the General Secretary to communicate to The United Church of Canada Pension Board (UCCPB) that the will of the church is to divest of its shares in Goldcorp and make public that divestment.

 

GC42 2015 ROP, pp. 176, 426

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