Endowment Value: $24.8 billion (August 2017)

Stanford University is a private university, located in Stanford, California. The Stanford Management Company oversees the endowment.  Approximately 16,900 students attend Stanford.  Through the Stanford Energy System Innovations, the university has lowered its greenhouse gas emissions, domestic water use, and landfill use.

Stanford University is a participant or member of the following Initiatives & Commitments: 

• AASHE STARS: Yes, Platinum
• ACUPCC: No
• Billion Dollar Green Challenge: No
• CDP: No
• Committee for Investor Responsibility: Yes: The Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility and Licensing 
• Divestment Goal: Yes, Coal Only
• INCR: Yes
• Montreal Carbon Pledge: No
• Sustainable Investment Fund: No
• Sustainable Investment Policy: Yes
• Principles for Responsible Investment: No

Other Sustainable Investing Practices:

• Letter to the university community from Board of Trustees Chair Jeff Raikes on investment responsibility (December 4, 2018)
• Frequently asked questions on investment responsibility
• Statement on Investment Responsibility (Adopted 1971, as ammended through 2018)
• Stanford Management Company: Ethical Investment Framework
• Investment Responsibility Stakeholder Relations (IRSR)
  • This site, currently under development, will be home to Investment Responsibility Stakeholder Relations (IRSR) and the Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility and Licensing (APIRL). Stanford hired the IRSR director, Alison Colwell, in January 2016.
• Sustainable Stanford