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  • Rise in withdrawn sustainability resolutions shows their success, says NBIM

    07 February 2019

    A rise in the number of sustainability-related shareholder resolutions that have been withdrawn before a vote demonstrates the success of shareholder action, the asset manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has claimed.

  • Storebrand makes 2026 pledge to ‘exit death spiral of coal’

    30 November 2018

    Storebrand Asset Management has revealed a path to full divestment from coal in eight years’ time, in a strategy it says is in line with the goal to restrict climate change to a maximum of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

  • IIGCC urges pension funds to improve climate risk management

    17 October 2018

    Pension funds have been urged to improve their management of climate-related risks and opportunities by a group of investors with more than €21 trillion ($24.3 trillion) in combined assets.

  • NBIM urges better ocean sustainability management

    07 September 2018

    Companies have been urged to take into account the challenges and opportunities related to sustainable use of the world’s oceans by the asset manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund.

  • World’s largest sovereign wealth fund urged not to pursue divestment

    24 August 2018

    Divestment of the oil and gas stocks in the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) “is not an effective insurance against a permanent decline in oil prices” and the stocks only contribute marginally to Norway’s oil price risk, according to a committee set up to explore the issue.

  • Norges Bank endorses EU public reporting reforms

    23 July 2018

    The investment manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has welcomed proposals to increasingly consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the European public reporting framework.

  • Sovereign wealth funds worth $3trn devise climate framework

    06 July 2018

    Six of the biggest sovereign wealth funds, with a combined $3 trillion in assets, have come together to launch a framework on how to integrate climate change into their investment decisions.

  • People moves: Loomis Sayles, APG Asset Management, Axa Investment Managers and NatureBank Asset Management

    20 April 2018

    Loomis Sayles has appointed Kathleen Bochman as director of environmental, social and governance (ESG).

  • Norges Bank backs climate and water shareholder resolutions

    20 April 2018

    The advisor to the world's largest sovereign wealth fund has thrown its weight behind climate-related shareholder resolutions with energy companies Imperial Oil and TransCanada.

  • $3trn of investors launch pilot group on TCFD

    15 March 2018

    Nine investors representing around $3 trillion of assets have joined forces to promote climate transparency.