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  • Norway oil fund plots path to divestment

    16 February 2018

    Norway's finance ministry has set up an expert group to explore radical changes to the way it invests in energy stocks through its $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, including abandoning investments in oil and gas companies.

  • TCFD: Investors should use 'building blocks' to assess climate scenarios

    06 February 2018

    Investors should question whether the climate scenarios produced by the companies they own are credible, by considering five key aspects, a report has argued.

  • Investors start to weigh water risks

    18 April 2017

    Investor interest in corporate water risk is increasing fast. A range of tools and services are being developed to help companies respond. Graham Cooper reports

  • NBIM says palm oil still too risky to invest in

    10 March 2017

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway's $900 billion sovereign wealth fund, has said it considers the palm oil sector to be still "too risky for investment".

  • Sustainalytics opens Tokyo office as it eyes Asia expansion

    02 September 2016

    Sustainalytics has opened an office in Tokyo, as it looks to expand its Asian activities.

  • Leading the charge

    05 April 2016

    The historic Paris climate change agreement has underlined what is arguably the biggest challenge faced by financial markets in a generation, says Peter Cripps

  • Research backed by Norges Bank reveals most environmentally-risky coal firms

    29 January 2016

    Fossil-fuel companies with the greatest vulnerability to environmental risks have been named in new analysis, which urges firms to report at asset level to enable investors to better judge portfolio risks.

  • Norges Bank creates 'new benchmark' with climate change guidelines

    27 March 2015

    A report by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) urging companies to take steps to deal with climate change will serve as a new benchmark for responsible investment, according to an expert at Nasdaq.

  • Norway's $800bn 'oil fund' halves coal production holdings

    29 January 2014

    Norway's $800 billion sovereign wealth fund has divested half of its holdings in coal miners over the past two years, its manager has said.

  • $800bn 'oil fund' manager sets up climate change and water reporting framework

    03 January 2014

    The manager of Norway's NOK5 trillion ($800 billion) 'oil fund' has created frameworks to analyse and compare the quality of corporate reporting on climate change and water risks.