Concerns about CalPERS' inattention to these factors prompted the the California State Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee on 27 June 2000 to direct an audit of the fund's international portfolio.

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The Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing suggests that the State of California and its public employee retirement funds may play a critical role in fashioning a template for a truly national effort to introduce new national security- and human rights-minded "due diligence" into debt and equity purchasing decisions.

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Ray Haynes and led by Casey Institute Chair Roger W. Robinson, Jr. illuminated for members of the California state legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) a distressing prospect: Many millions of dollars in CalPERS' and other American investment portfolios are being unwittingly invested in companies engaged in behavior inconsistent with this country's fundamental human rights precepts and national security interests.

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Topping the bill on the committee corridor is the joint appearance, at the Environmental Audit Committee, of the DEFRA Secretary, Caroline Spelman, and the machinery of government supremo, Oliver Letwin, to discuss the extent to which sustainability is built into government decision-making (at 1pm).

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