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April 21, 2017

From ending apartheid to ending the age of fossil fuels

Black and white photo of protesters marching with signs reading "HARVARD OUT OF AFRICA NOW" during an anti-apartheid demonstration, likely from the 1980s divestment movement at Harvard University.

Many corporations heeded the divestment call. By 1990, more than 200 US companies, including UN bodies and the European community had severed ties with South Africa, resulting in a loss of $1 billion of investment.