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Residents urge council to consider an ethical investment policy and raise concerns about Elbit and county incentives
Summary
Multiple speakers used the public-comment period to urge Charleston County to adopt an ethical investment policy similar to Alameda County’s and to call for scrutiny of local incentives and tax breaks to companies they said are involved in human-rights concerns, specifically naming Elbit; no formal council action was taken.
During public comment at Tuesday’s meeting, several residents urged Charleston County to adopt an ethical investment policy prohibiting public investments in corporations the commenters said are complicit in severe human-rights violations under international law. Speakers repeatedly referenced Elbit and local incentives previously granted to the company.
Harvey Bennett cited Alameda County,…
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