All divestment articles
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NewsAkademikerPension sees positive return impact after shedding last oil/gas major
Danish occupational pension fund divests Italy’s Eni, excluding last large upstream oil and gas company in its portfolio
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FeaturesFossil fuel divestment is back in fashion
More and more asset owners are exiting oil and gas. Sophie Robinson-Tillett speaks to some about why, and how, they’re selling out of the sector
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Special ReportNetherlands: Pension funds to switch to DC by 2028
Long-awaited transition to happen despite complications of the Dutch pension system
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AnalysisAnalysis: Greenwashing risk in sovereign green bonds
‘The political cycle drives much higher volatility for sovereign green bonds than corporate ones when it comes to climate credibility,’ says Ulf Erlandsson
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NewsABP sold €170m Thames Water stake in 2022
The sale came shortly after the Dutch civil service scheme had engaged with the troubled water firm on ‘several issues’ in 2021
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NewsPensioenfonds ING anticipates 20% benefits increase in new DC system
The fund’s board believes the reduced need for a buffer in DC will translate into higher pension benefits
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NewsChurch of England, Commissioners cut oil and gas companies from investment portfolios
‘Some progress has been made, but not nearly enough,’ says the chair of the Church Commissioners for England
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NewsFNV urges Dutch pension funds to divest from fossil fuels
The largest Dutch trade union believes engagement with oil and gas majors is ‘not credible’
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NewsAsset owners should include human rights in RFPs, says PRI
The severity of actual and potential human rights outcomes is a deciding factor in company prioritisation
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NewsAP Pension divests further €42m fossil stocks including TotalEnergies, Shell
Danish pensions firm blacklists further 73 companies after tightening fossil fuel exclusion criteria
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NewsPensioenfonds ING divests from fossil fuels
The fund is the first Dutch company pension scheme to announce its intention to divest from oil and gas firms
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NewsPFZW sells another 78 oil and gas firms
The move is part of the Dutch healthcare scheme’s engagement programme with fossil fuel companies
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NewsDenmark’s PBU loses patience with Amazon over labour rights, divests €40m
Pension fund says more than five years of dialogue and sustained pressure has not produced the desired result
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NewsDivestment has only limited impact on pension funds’ carbon footprint
Most of the reduction in carbon emissions can be explained by existing portfolio companies emitting fewer CO2, according to a study by Dutch pension regulator DNB
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NewsPME adapts fossil fuel exclusion policy after TV report
The fund claimed last year it had sold all its investments in fossil fuels, but had used exclusion criteria that were not stringent enough, PME has admitted
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NewsStorebrand dumps four mining stocks in new nature protection drive
Biodiversity crisis requires collaboration with governments, companies and finance, plus better regulations and reporting, says asset management arm’s CEO
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Special ReportProspects 2023: ESG-driven divestments threaten energy transition
Investor support for miners is crucial to ensure a sufficient supply of metals for renewable technology
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Special ReportSpecial Report – Prospects 2023
The past year will be remembered as one of the most challenging for institutional investors ever. The outlook for 2023 is brighter, if anything because valuations of major asset classes have come back to historical levels.
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NewsDanish teachers’ pension fund to shed €269m of fossil equities
Lærernes Pension tightens criteria for fossil fuel exclusions, after setting 2050 net-zero goal in June
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NewsPFZW sells €470m worth of investments in 114 oil and gas companies
The companies that were sold had failed to formulate goals to reduce carbon emissions
