Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.69
Liaison Jennifer Kleindienst
Submission Date April 5, 2023

STARS v2.2

Wesleyan University
PA-9: Committee on Investor Responsibility

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.50 / 2.00 Brett Salafia
Director of Operations and Sr. Investment Associate
Investment Office
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Does the institution have a formally established and active committee on investor responsibility (CIR) or equivalent body?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the CIR or other body which reflects social and environmental concerns or a brief description of how the CIR is tasked to address social and environmental concerns:
Wesleyan has a Committee for Investor Responsibility focused on issues of ethical, moral, and social responsibility in the investment policies of Wesleyan University.

Does the CIR include academic staff representation?:
No

Does the CIR include non-academic staff representation?:
Yes

Does the CIR include student representation?:
Yes

Members of the CIR, including affiliations and role:
Laurence Fine '25, Liv Drazen '25, Adam Wilan '26, David Tu '26, and Molly Connolly-Ungar '25 (all students)
Brett Salafia, Director, Operations & Investments (Investment Office)

None
Examples of CIR actions during the previous three years:
In May 2021 the CIR worked to encourage divestment of the Wesleyan's endowment, more info can be found here: http://wesleyanargus.com/2021/05/07/divestment-the-future-of-wesleyans-endowment/.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s committee on investor responsibility is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Website is currently inactive as new leadership is taking over.

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