The International High School Clean Energy Investment Coalition

51+ Member Schools

Our Mission 

We are high school teams from across the world working towards the shared goal of incorporating sustainable investing principles for our schools' endowments to propel the energy transition, whether that be through investing in clean technology solutions, divesting from fossil fuel companies actively delaying transition plans, setting targets for Net Zero portfolios, or incorporating ESG investing principles. 

By building a network of passionate high school students, our coalition makes accessible a toolbox of sustainable investing strategies to advance our longevity and success.

Divestment & Reinvestment

We believe in the responsibility of educational institutions in preserving the climate for future generations and furthering climate education for their students by taking concrete action.  

We adopt a two-pronged approach for this goal: Fossil Fuel Divestment & Clean Energy Reinvestment. Fossil Fuel Divestment icentifizes the phasing out of fossil fuel use and reinvestment icentifizes the adoption of low-carbon energy and technology alternatives. We are effectively "voting with our wallet."

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How We Work

Blue: West Coast Chapter | Red: East Coast Chapter | Green: UK Chapter | Yellow: International Chapter

Coalition members regularly meet and communicate, whether that be over Zoom or FaceTime. We discuss our efforts and advise each other on the best paths forward by sharing our past experiences and lessons learnt. We share sustainable finance documents, reports, and insights with each other, in order to develop a nuanced understanding of Divestment & Reinvestment. 

We have environmental teams from around the world running the regional chapters who recruit and work with local schools. We are in constant communication with one another and are always seeking to push our cause forward.

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Our History

After The Nueva School Divestment & Reinvestment Team started pursuing pure fossil fuel divestment at their school in San Mateo, CA, they began to realize that if they wanted real change to happen, they needed to inspire other students to pursue this cause. They also hoped to share their transition from hardcore divestment to a wider-encompassing sustainable finance to help other schools start their journey. So, in 2023 they created The International High School Divestment & Reinvestment Coalition, which was renamed to the International Clean Energy Investment Coalition in 2024.