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The Oil Fund withdraws its investments from the fertilizer companies that are contributing to unlawful extraction of phosphate in Western Sahara.
The Oil Fund establishes a precedent on companies contributing to the violation of International Law in occupied area, will be excluded from the funds’ investments.
The Council on Ethics is expanded, so they have capacity to investigate whether the Oil Funds’ ethical guidelines are followed by companies the fund has in its portfolios.
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