sonen ca PrTa L Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc. I 600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043-135 I November 9,2015 Dear Mr. Pichai, Sonen Capital is an impact investment management firm dedicated to providing clients with investment solutions that achieve competitive frnancial returns alongside meaningful and measurable social and environmental impact. Our clients, as well as the undersigned organizations and individuals on whose behalf we are writing, are investors in Google and Alphabet Inc. It was with a mixed reaction that we leamed of Google's commitment to invest in the Lake Turkana Wind Power project in northern Kenya. We stand in staunch support of Google's broad commitment to address climate change, including its focus on supporting the development of clean energy infrastructure, its own intemal energy efficiency efforts, and the more than $2billion it has deployed to clean energy projects. HoWever, addressing climate change must be done with'attentiveness to human rights, respect for indigenous peoples and in concert with local ecosystem needs. We are deeply concemed by reports of violence, displacement and environmental damage associated with the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project. With this in mind, we are writing to ask for more information about Google's process for ensuring that its energy investments are aligned with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. In particular, we are seeking a deeper understanding of Google's process for ensuring Free, Prior and Informed Consent within indigenous communities impacted by Google's suppliers or by its own projects. To provide context for this request, we have enclosed ooA Business Reference Guide to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" as a reference document. We look forward to speaking with you about this issue, and hope that we might schedule a conversation before Thanksgiving. Please contact Meredith Benton, at either [email protected] or (415) 528-3617, so that we might begin our discussion. Sincerely, Meredi Sonen Capital 50 Osgood Place, Ste. 320, San Francisco, CA94I33 Tet.415.534.4444 '.: Fax.4I5.534.4443 :: info@sonencapita[.com ::www.sonencapitðt.com
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
sonen ca PrTa LSundar PichaiChief Executive Officer, Google Inc.I 600 Amphitheatre ParkwayMountain View, CA 94043-135 I
November 9,2015
Dear Mr. Pichai,
Sonen Capital is an impact investment management firm dedicated to providing clients withinvestment solutions that achieve competitive frnancial returns alongside meaningful andmeasurable social and environmental impact. Our clients, as well as the undersignedorganizations and individuals on whose behalf we are writing, are investors in Google andAlphabet Inc.
It was with a mixed reaction that we leamed of Google's commitment to invest in the LakeTurkana Wind Power project in northern Kenya. We stand in staunch support of Google's broadcommitment to address climate change, including its focus on supporting the development ofclean energy infrastructure, its own intemal energy efficiency efforts, and the more than$2billion it has deployed to clean energy projects.
HoWever, addressing climate change must be done with'attentiveness to human rights, respectfor indigenous peoples and in concert with local ecosystem needs. We are deeply concemed byreports of violence, displacement and environmental damage associated with the Lake TurkanaWind Power Project.
With this in mind, we are writing to ask for more information about Google's process forensuring that its energy investments are aligned with the UN Declaration on the Rights ofIndigenous Peoples and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. In particular,we are seeking a deeper understanding of Google's process for ensuring Free, Prior andInformed Consent within indigenous communities impacted by Google's suppliers or by its ownprojects. To provide context for this request, we have enclosed ooA Business Reference Guide tothe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" as a reference document.
We look forward to speaking with you about this issue, and hope that we might schedule a
conversation before Thanksgiving. Please contact Meredith Benton, at [email protected] or (415) 528-3617, so that we might begin our discussion.
Sincerely,
MerediSonen Capital
50 Osgood Place, Ste. 320, San Francisco, CA94I33Tet.415.534.4444 '.: Fax.4I5.534.4443 :: info@sonencapita[.com ::www.sonencapitðt.com
sonen ca Ptra L
Writing on behalf of:
Lura Mack, Portfolio Advisory Board Adrian Dominican SistersEli ArnowJoshua ArnowMadeleine ArnowTalia ArnowSteven Heim, Boston Common Asset ManagementEllen Friedman, Compton Foundation, Inc.Adam Kanzer, Domini Social Investments, LLCDavid Keller, Kim Keller, The David and Anita Keller FoundationValerie Heinonen, o.s.u., Dominican Sisters of HopeBruce Reed, Edwards Mother Earth FoundationSr. Gloria Oehl, Franciscan Sisters of Allegany NYJeffery'W. Perkins, Friends Fiduciary CorporationNancy Farese, FThree FoundationEric A. Smith, Goodfunds Wealth ManagementAndrew Kassoy, The Impact Investing FoundationSonja Swift, The Indigo Revocable TrustEvelyn Arce, Intemational Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP)Zoë Fullef-Rowell, Kalliopeia FoundationThe KL Felicitas FoundationCharly KleissnerLisa KleissnerValerie Heinonen, o.s.u., Mercy Investment Services, Inc.Kim Jordan, Lucy Cantwell, New Belgium Family FoundationJudy Byron, OP, Northwest Women Religious Investment TrustSusan White, The Oneida NationDiana Trump, Penney Family FundAnna Falkenberg, PhD, Socially Responsible Investment CoalitionSister Colleen Dauerbach, SSJ, Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PAHarald Leventhal, The Springcreek FoundationJohn F. Swift, Swift FoundationTom Sargent, Tamalpais TrustCheryl Tomchin, The Tomchin Family Charitable TrustJonas D. Kron, Trillium Asset ManagementDiana TrumpValerie Heinonen, o.s.u., Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, U.S. ProvincePatricia Farrar-Rivas, Veris Wealth PartnersTim Smith, Walden Asset Management
cc.Nick Needham, Director of Energy and Sustainability, GoogleJohn Woolard, Vice President of Energy, GoogleKate Steal, USAID's Power Africa
50 Osgood Place, Ste. 320,5an Francisco, CA94133Tet.415.534.4444 :: tax.4I5.534.4443 :: info@sonencapita[.com ::www.sonencapitat.com
Related Documents
