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Shell, Statoil investors vote for climate change disclosure
ABP opposes Shell’s controversial plans to start drilling off shores of Alaska
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AP2, AP4 win Statoil backing for climate-change resolution
Statoil board of directors ‘welcomes’ shareholder interest in better understanding company’s risk exposure
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NewsNorwegian Pension Fund asks Statoil for improved shale gas disclosure
NORWAY – Company asked to improve reporting on US activities to monitor impact on profits.
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Norway’s oil fund could divest NOK300bn from oil and gas stocks
Central bank recommends move to protect fund from permanent oil price fall
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ESG: The climate conundrum
Considering climate-related risk could lead to fewer carbon-intensive business models
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Analysis: US pipeline controversy causes Nordic issues
The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has split opinion in the US and divided pension funds in the Nordic region.
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Equinor agrees new climate change commitments with investors
Pledges developed with institutional investors on behalf of Climate Action 100+
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MP Pension’s investment arm wins DKK1.7bn mandate from LD Funds
MPIM to take over Danish equities management from C WorldWide
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NewsNorway considers cull of all energy stocks – including renewables
Potential divestment covers more than €30bn of assets invested in FTSE Russell energy sector indices
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Norwegian sovereign fund returns 10.7% despite oil price crash
Fund sees returns of 10.6% from equity portfolio despite value of Oslo-listed energy firms falling by one-quarter in Q4
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FeaturesNorway reduces oil risk
A hallmark of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has been its transparency. But Norway has also felt the need to tread cautiously when it comes to the fund’s investment policy
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NewsPKA cuts five oil firms but rejects blanket stance on fossil fuels
Danish pension fund says nuanced approach recognises renewables moves
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Special ReportSWFs: Never waste a good crisis
Despite pressure on revenues from oil and gas, Arab sovereign wealth funds are taking opportunistic bets in foreign markets in the face of global economic turmoil
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NewsNorwegian SWF oil stock sell-off could trigger ‘domino effect’
Other oil-rich sovereign funds could rethink their exposure to oil and gas stocks, analysts say
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NewsSwedish roundup: AP6, Repairshop, Pensionsgruppen, KPA Pension, SPP, Storebrand
SWEDEN – AP6, one of Sweden's national buffer funds, has sold its interests in Repairshop, a repair company for mopeds, after suffering losses of SEK40m (€4.3m) over the last two years, according to reports in the Swedish press.
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Long-Term Matters: The lost decades
Evidence is emerging that the oil and gas sector knew about the risks of climate change for 40 years and buried this information. Had the world started decarbonising earlier, we could have done more to protect biodiversity and human life
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Oil and gas companies still lack in environmental risk management
GLOBAL – German rating agency critical of companies lack of sustainable planning.
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Opinion PiecesLong-term matters: Exxon’s AGM – can investors learn from the slave trade?
English evangelical protestants allied with the Quakers initiated the campaign to abolish the UK slave trade in the early nineteenth century. Two centuries later, the Vatican has said that climate change is a “moral and religious imperative for humanity”. Will the fate of fossil fuel companies be defined by public, sovereign and religious investors? And can other investors watch from the sidelines?
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Long-Term Matters: Carbon footprint envy
An explosion of providers and events promise to turn investors into low-carbon heroes. Even campaigners use it to benchmark managers. What will it deliver? Raj Thamotheram writes
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Lothian Pension Fund rules out fossil fuel divestment
Local authority fund backs engagement, active ESG policy over divestment from fossil fuel companies
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