Why We Divest
For more than three decades, those responsible for violence, exploitation, and destabilization in Congo have acted without meaningful consequences. Governments, corporations and high-level individuals continue to commit or enable atrocities while benefiting from international silence. Sanctions are a peaceful and strategic tool to disrupt this impunity. By pushing for targeted political, economic, and legal measures, CAN works to ensure that perpetrators and enablers of Congoā€™s suffering are held accountableĀ - and can no longer harm communities without facing pressure.
Identifying Harmful Financial Links
CAN researches and exposes where investments are tied to companies or sectors connected to conflict minerals, land grabbing, environmental destruction, or human rights abuses in Congo.
By mapping financial complicity, we give communities, students, and advocates the tools they need to demand ethical withdrawal.
Goal: make it impossible for institutions to ignore where their money is goingĀ - and what it is funding.
Pressuring Institutions to Withdraw Funds
Divestment is one of the most effective peaceful strategies to shift power. Universities, pension funds, banks, and foundations can be persuaded to divest when enough public pressure, transparency demands, and moral arguments align. Through petitions, coalition-building, meetings, and awareness campaigns, CAN empowers people to insist that their institutions stop financing violence in Congo.
Redirecting Investments Toward Ethical Choices
Divestment is not only about cutting harmful tiesĀ - itā€™s also about building new possibilities. Once institutions divest from companies involved in exploitation, they can reinvest in ethical, transparent, and socially responsible sectors. This shift transforms divestment from a reaction to an opportunity:
an opportunity to support peace, protect Congolese lives, and encourage global standards of accountability.
