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The arms trade is not a normal, legitimate business.
It fuels war, undermines development and breeds
corruption. CAAT's Clean Investment campaign encourages investors in
the world's largest arms-exporting companies to
disinvest for ethical reasons.
The campaign was launched in 1991 and has been
one of CAAT's most effective campaigns. Many church
bodies, charities, universities and health organisations
have disinvested from arms producing companies
after being lobbied by campaigners. The campaign couldn't
happen without people taking action locally, from writing a
one-off letter to an organisation that they are involved in, to holding
regular protests.
The 2006 shareholding figures have now been launched for both
Local Authorities and
other organisations (pdf 77kb), including charities and religious organisations.
There is also a
press pack available (pdf 127kb) and a
campaign guide (pdf 104kb).
The University Clean Investment campaign is now co-ordinated by the
CAAT Universities Network and has its own
webpages and figures.
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