All fossil fuels articles
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Dutch fund for doctors to divest from fossil fuels
The move follows a vote by the scheme’s members
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Sampension bemoans failing engagement with fossil fuel companies
Danish labour-market pension provider excludes eight fossil energy companies
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CPEG awards CHF200m sustainable equities mandate as it exits energy/fossil fuels
Scheme gradually disengaged from energy sector, excluding fossil fuels companies whose emissions were not in line with Paris Agreement
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Time to push back against the ‘net zero agenda’
It is more useful to think of climate change and decarbonisation as a ‘hyperobject’, says Iancu Daramus
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AMF tells French investors to ‘formalise’ their fossil fuel policies
French financial watchdog warns information about engagement should not be misleading
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Financial accounting rules could lower clean-energy returns relative to fossil fuels
Oxford University researchers see banking rules containing ‘structural barrier to achieving net zero in Europe’
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Oil and gas industry ‘alarmingly underprepared’ for climate transition
Research shows failure to align with goals of the Paris Agreement as investors increasingly give up on sector
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PFZW divests all but seven oil and gas companies
Dutch social care sector pension fund offloads final tranche of 310 oil and gas holdings worth €2.8bn
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France’s ERAFP includes debt refusal in tighter fossil fuel policy
Pension fund also tightens thresholds for thermal coal, unconventional oil & gas
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Swiss scheme disengages from energy sector to cut portfolio temperature
The scheme is excluding companies in the energy sector to progressively disengage from the fossil fuels sector
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Dutch pension fund PMT sells most fossil fuel holdings
Metals industry scheme remains invested in nine oil and gas companies with ‘sufficiently convincing plans’ for the energy transition, including Shell
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: It’s the government’s move now
Pension funds should urge governments to support new products and habits to reduce CO2 emissions
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UK roundup: Mitchells & Butlers scheme in £1.2bn buy-in with Standard Life
Plus: LGIM launches fossil fuel exclusion strategy; Qantas Airways pension fund completes £40m buy-in with PIC
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UK Court of Appeal dismisses case brought against USS directors
Claims against USS directors were ‘bound to fail’, according to Judge Sarah Asplin
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Pensioenfonds 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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FNV 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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Universities Superannuation Scheme resumes fossil fuels court battle
The claim is one of the UK’s largest crowdfunded legal actions and has attracted significant grassroots support from other pension members
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ABP and PME demand end to fossil fuel subsidies
The two Dutch pension funds signed a letter authored by Fossil Free Netherlands
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Environmental groups take European Commission to court over fossil gas in taxonomy
‘Climate protection through fraudulent labels is unacceptable,’ says BUND’s chair
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Pensioenfonds 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