One of the two funds poured a billion US dollars into Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas company. The Shell Technology Ventures Fund then invested in ‘production and exploration’ technologies, such as innovative oil rigs. The universities have faced protests from staff and students over their investments in fossil fuels in recent years.
Oxford and Cambridge Universities have made secret investments into offshore funds, it was revealed last night. The university bodies, as well as 29 Oxbridge colleges, have together paid tens of millions to firms based in tax havens including the Cayman Islands. One fund was a joint venture to develop oil exploration and deep-sea drilling, according to the Paradise Papers. FULL ARTICLE
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