Birmingham University weakens restrictions on investing in arms companies

Birmingham University weakens restrictions on investing in arms companies The University of Birmingham has significantly weakend its restrictions on investing in weapons companies, Middle East Eye has learnt. The British university has replaced a policy committing to "minimise" investments in arms, tobacco and alcohol companies with weaker "investment principles" that require the consideration of "financially material" environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. This makes Birmingham the first British unive