All climate articles – Page 2
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Denmark urgently needs an energy independence plan, says pensions lobby
‘Even before the war in Ukraine, we were faced with an urgent task in the green transition,’ says IPD CEO
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Varma draws up roadmap to reduce impact on biodiversity
Finnish occupational pensions heavyweight finds Scope 3 GHG emissions account for 98% of total
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Danish pension funds defend themselves after €6bn fossils accusation
ActionAid: “Pension companies can’t both call themselves sustainable and invest in fossil fuel expansion”
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AkademikerPension blacklists over 200 utility companies using coal
Danish pension fund excludes firms in which 25% of energy comes from coal, selling off €83.3m of assets
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Akademiker’s new female chair ‘proud’ Danish PF is part of equality debate
Researcher at Roskilde University Janne Gleerup replaces Egon Kristensen, after five years in the post
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Norway’s SWF backs aim of long-term net-zero goal
NBIM reveals in talks with Climate Action 100+ on signing up
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Danish pension funds cheer news of first domestic state green bond
IPD positive on central bank using Germany’s tried-and-tested twin-bond model
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AP7 adds Chinese coal stocks to blacklist as Paris criteria bite
Swedish national pension fund ditches SEK284m of stock; says coal firms are “using our capex in entirely the wrong direction”
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PKA starts combing portfolio for responsible tax laggards
Move by Danish pension provider follows deal by 136 OECD countries endorsing 15% global minimum tax for multinational companies
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PBU plans DKK11.6bn more climate investments by 2030, AUM permitting
Danish labour-market pension fund pledges to reduce portfolio CO2 by 30% by 2025 and 50% by 2030
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ATP announces €27bn of green investments by 2030, steps up goals
Danish pensions giant announced it is stepping up climate ambitions; half of pledged investments to be made in next three years, says CEO
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Velliv tightens coal and oil sands tolerance, drops DKK250m shares
Danish pension provider also divests 25 oil and gas ‘worst-in-class’ companies
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Swedish lobby calls on politicians to boost green pensions investments
Investments can only be greener if society as a whole becomes greener, says Insurance Sweden
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AP6 handed new sustainability goals by Swedish government
CEO says the good sustainability work it’s been doing for 10 years will now be formalised
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Why we need deforestation-free portfolios by 2025
‘If we are to address climate change, we need to put an end to deforestation’
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Denmark’s IPD: Govt’s new climate roadmap needs concrete investment plans
Government says all decisions on Denmark’s path to 2030 70% emissions reduction goal will be made by 2025
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AkademikerPension’s board ramps up climate investment plan
Danish labour-market pension fund nearly doubles 2030 target for ‘climate-friendly’ investments
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KLP to hold onto high-emitters according to new net-zero roadmap
Norwegian municipal pensions giant unveils details of net-zero definition and methodology of assessing all investments according to the 1.5°C trajectory
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Germany needs over €220bn to scale-up climate tech start-ups – study
The country can realistically achieve its target to cut GHG emissions by 65% by 2030
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Norway election result could make SWF net-zero goal more likely
Incoming government likely to be ‘systematic and fact-based’ regarding oil fund’s strategy, says Espen Henriksen