divestment
Selling off holdings
Divestment is the act of selling off assets, investments, or business interests—the opposite of investment.
A company might pursue divestment of underperforming divisions.
The term often appears in activist contexts, where campaigns pressure institutions to divest from industries like fossil fuels or weapons: The university announced divestment from coal companies.
Also called divestiture.
Rapid mass divestiture
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- assetsOwned items of value
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- holdingsProperty one owns
portfolio · securities · shares · stock · capital · sale · transaction · ownership
Punitive international restrictions
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- movementChange in position
activism · campaign · pressure · solidarity · opposition · demonstration · university · endowment
Organized economic protest
- activismDirect effort for reform
- ESGCorporate responsibility framework
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- apartheidRacial separation policy
Sudan · arms · prison · values-based · stakeholder · accountability · transparency · conscience
Organized departure or removal
- exitWay to leave
- departureAct of going away
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
disengagement · retreat · cessation · extraction · leave-taking · phase-out · wind-down · termination
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- gasFormless, expanding substance
decarbonization · renewable · sustainable · green · pipeline · extraction · pollution · conservation
Way to leave
- planningArranging for future events
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- reallocationDistributing anew
streamlining · optimization · repositioning · consolidation · subsidiary · simplification · refocusing
sell-off
Rapid mass divestiture
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- assetsOwned items of value
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
holdings · portfolio · securities · shares · stock · capital · sale · transaction · ownership · investor
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- apartheidRacial separation policy
movement · activism · campaign · pressure · solidarity · opposition · demonstration · university · endowment · institutional
boycott
Organized economic protest
apartheid · Sudan · arms · prison · values-based · stakeholder · accountability · transparency · conscience
pullout
Organized departure or removal
- exitWay to leave
- departureAct of going away
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
abandonment · disengagement · retreat · cessation · extraction · leave-taking · phase-out · wind-down · termination · discontinuation
carbon
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
gas · decarbonization · renewable · sustainable · green · pipeline · extraction · pollution · conservation · emissions
exit
Way to leave
- planningArranging for future events
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
reallocation · streamlining · optimization · repositioning · consolidation · subsidiary · simplification · refocusing
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- Apartheidapartheid, pass laws, Group Areas Act, passbook, passbooks
- African IndependenceNelson Mandela, independence movement, national liberation, freedom fighters, anti-colonial
- boycottsboycott, consumer boycott, brand boycott, bus boycott, sports boycott
- business decisionsmerger, acquisition, restructuring, layoffs, hiring
divestmentinvestment
Deploying capital for returns
acquisition · reinvestment · capital investment · equity investment · buying in
divestmentbestowal
Act of granting something
endowment · acquisition · investiture · conferral · granting
divestmentaccumulation
Collected mass over time
amassment · aggregation · consolidation · hoarding · collection