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Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening

Brown Advisory

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) said in April that it missed out on as much as $3 billion in gains between 2001, when it started to sell its tobacco stocks, until the end of 2014, when it completed the divestment. CalPERS is the largest defined-benefit pension plan in the U.S.,

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Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening

Brown Advisory

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) said in April that it missed out on as much as $3 billion in gains between 2001, when it started to sell its tobacco stocks, until the end of 2014, when it completed the divestment. CalPERS is the largest defined-benefit pension plan in the U.S., High Stakes.

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