All divestment articles
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NewsIndustriens reveals divestment from tar sands
Danish pension fund has now implemented a decision made in December, a year after coal blacklistings
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PFA defends engagement approach to fossil firms
“We critically and constructively engage with companies we co-own,” says CIO
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Coronavirus – what should trustees be thinking about?
Trustees have a duty to pay benefits to members, but the current financial environment is keeping them on their toes.
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Danish pension funds draw back from US for-profit prisons
PKA and Lærernes Pension divest, while Velliv chooses engagement
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AP1 trailblazes as first Swedish pension fund to divest all fossil fuels
Transition to low-carbon economy can imply higher climate-related financial risk, fund judges
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Folksam blacklists gambling firms
Betting companies’ operations called a “breeding ground for developing gambling addiction”
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Geneva pension fund mulls exclusion-to-engagement shift
‘Exclusions don’t impact corporate behaviour’
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IPE Conference: Asset owners told fossil fuel debt key to net-zero goal
Andreas Hoepner speaks to delegates about the need to cut emissions in portfolios by at least 7% a year on average
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France's ERAFP introduces climate divestment criteria
€33bn pension fund to shed two holdings by the end of the year, two more being looked at
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French €30bn civil service pension fund completes tobacco exit
A gradual divestment process reached its conclusion this year and the scheme has signed the Tobacco Free Finance Pledge
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£22bn UK pension fund ‘should divest from fossil fuels now’, say protesters
Campaigners gather outside Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s office, but scheme argues it is already ‘working hard’ to achieve climate risk goals
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UK minister ups the ante on pension funds and climate change
Guy Opperman tells London Climate Action Week gathering that pension funds ‘must play a massive role’ in getting the UK to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
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LGIM sees results from ‘engagement with consequences’ over climate
UK’s largest asset manager reports improvements at companies in sectors that are pivotal to low carbon transition, but has axed companies including ExxonMobil and MetLife
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UK’s NEST quits smoking in two-year tobacco divestment project
The country’s largest auto-enrolment provider says the tobacco industry does not appear viable in the long term, and it will exit £40m of investments
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KLP blacklists NOK3bn of alcohol and gambling investments
NOK692bn provider cites health and social issues as it cuts 90 companies from its investment universe
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ESG roundup: Another investor culls tobacco firms
Also: AP7 hails climate change actions by German firms RWE and BASF to address lobbying concerns
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Danish pension funds set greener investment goals
PenSam pledges 10% green investments; Lærernes Pension blacklists coal and oil firms
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Danica to divest weapons exporters to Saudi Arabia after govt ban
Danish pension fund and parent Danske Bank to sell off ‘case by case’, says CIO
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KLP blacklists three firms after ethical council advice
Norwegian fund excludes companies for human rights violations and coal and tobacco involvement
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Dutch retail sector scheme divests 500 firms for ESG reasons
Detailhandel partners with FTSE Russell for new index, halving carbon footprint and fossil fuel stocks exposure
