SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
7.2.6 | Divestment Policy
1. Overview
Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya (RUTS) identifies responsible institutional investment as part of its environmental and energy management approach. The submitted source describes a policy direction to divest from carbon-intensive energy industries, particularly coal and oil. This commitment links financial governance with the University’s wider objectives of environmental responsibility, sustainable development and the transition towards cleaner energy.
2. Institutional Policy on Divestment
The supporting announcement on Environmental and Energy Management Policy, identified in the source as an A.D. 2022 document, includes an explicit provision under Item 8: “Divesting investments from carbon-intensive energy industries especially coal and oil.” This provision is the primary documentary evidence for SDG 7.2.6.
The accompanying narrative describes the University’s intention to reduce and ultimately eliminate investments in sectors associated with substantial greenhouse gas emissions. It refers to activities such as coal mining and coal-fired power generation, oil and gas extraction, and petroleum refining. These sector examples are described in the narrative; the wording of the formal policy provision specifically highlights coal and oil.
3. Alignment with Sustainable Institutional Governance
The divestment provision appears within a broader institutional environmental and energy management policy. Other provisions address energy-conscious building design and renovation, environmental awareness, resource efficiency, waste management, greenhouse gas reduction, renewable energy use and cooperation with external stakeholders. Taken together, these measures show that the University places its investment commitment within a wider sustainability policy framework.
The policy supports SDG 7 by establishing a stated institutional preference against financial exposure to carbon-intensive energy activities. Its relevance is principally a governance and policy commitment rather than a measured change in energy consumption.
4. Conclusion
RUTS has documented a policy commitment to divest from carbon-intensive energy industries, expressly identifying coal and oil in Item 8 of its Environmental and Energy Management Policy. This institutional commitment aligns investment governance with the University’s sustainability objectives and provides policy-level evidence relevant to SDG 7.2.6. Further implementation records would be needed to demonstrate the extent and results of actual divestment.
Appendix: Documentary Evidence
The following images are reproduced from the submitted source file (7.2.6.docx). The documentary images are retained unchanged; captions are provided in English.
Figure A1. Environmental and Energy Management Policy announcement — first page, including institutional sustainability provisions.
Figure A2. Environmental and Energy Management Policy announcement — continuation showing Item 8 on divestment from carbon-intensive energy industries and the signatory section.
