All divestment articles – Page 5
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Poor work conditions prompt Norway’s SWF to divest textile firms
But opts for active ownership tools in the case of PetroChina, despite council’s advice to divest
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Storebrand dumps $47m of fossil fuel holdings
“The Exxons and Chevrons of the world are holding us back,” says CEO
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PKA drops 20 coal stocks but keeps talking to those ready to change
Danish labour-market pension fund excludes firms with more than 20% of business in coal
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Lothian adopts ‘Engage our equities, deny our debt’ mantra on climate
Local authority pension fund debuts a policy document dedicated to responsible investment
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MP Pension favours wider coal exclusion over divesting gas
Danish fund joins ESG investor moves to press Mizuho Bank and Brazil
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AP7 shuns firms for drugs, environment and human rights sins
Premium pension default giant excludes Cronos Group, Elswedy Electric and SK Holdings
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MP Pension changes name to AkademikerPension
Members vote against divesting gas stocks which fail to live up to Paris goals
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ESG roundup: EU urged to use bank rules to end ‘doom loop’
Plus: Insight Investment, EFRAG Reporting Lab, Scientific Beta, Candriam, Grantham Research Institute, World Benchmarking Alliance
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Universities scheme decides exclusions, cites prospects concerns
Higher education scheme set to make its first exclusion-based divestments
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Industriens 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