How will Harvard influence the divestment movement?

Image:  Divestment advocates at Harvard University and beyond took a victory lap earlier this month after university president Lawrence Bacow published a message outlining Harvard’s plan to phase out its legacy fossil fuel investments. The Harvard Management Company, which oversees the university’s $41 billion endowment, announced in February that it no longer holds direct investments in fossil fuel companies and that it does not plan to make such investments in the future. Bacow...