All divestment articles
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NewsGeneva 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
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Norwegian SWF ‘slow to act’ on climate-related exclusions
‘Moving targets’ on climate change measurements has made blacklistings hard to put in place, says ethics council
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KLP banishes NAT in bid to end ship scrapping on Asian beaches
Norwegian pension fund divests Norwegian-led firm Nordic American Tankers
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Norway to cut €6.7bn of ‘upstream’ oil and gas companies from SWF
Finance ministry presents plan to divest some energy activities – but not integrated energy firms
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Joseph Mariathasan: Coping with autocracies
Should investors accept it when companies acquiesce to requests from autocratic regimes?
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Dutch regulator warns of €97bn ‘water scarcity’ risk
Pension funds, insurers and banks hold hundreds of billions worth of equity exposed to ESG risks, according to DNB research
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AP1 divests from nuclear weapons, tobacco and fossil fuels
Swedish buffer fund is second to announce divestments this month following new investment guidelines
