Changing Glasses – Looking at the Second Wave of SRI
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the helm of the board of the Swedish Sustainable Investment Forum (Swesif) sits Anita Lindberg, ESG Specialist at Alfred Berg....
Show me the Data
Stockholm (NordSIP) - A few weeks ago, NordSIP met with Lars Erik Mangset, Senior Advisor for Responsible Investment at the Norwegian-based KLP Asset Management....
The Quiet Green Force
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following up on the results of the IRRI Survey published a few weeks ago, we went to find out how sustainable...
From Denmark to Africa and Back
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As we look for best practices within the sustainability teams of some of the most influential pension funds in the Nordics,...
Driving Sustainability From Withinart
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Alecta is one Sweden's largest pension funds. It manages SEK 800 billion on behalf of 2.4 million private customers and 34,000...
The Art in Fossil-Free Index Funds
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Last week, Storebrand Asset Management announced the launch of a new fund in its “Plus” series of index tracking equity products,...
A Strong Green Tailwind in the Right Direction
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Not so long ago, Helena Lindahl, manager of SPP / Storebrand's Green bond fund, claimed her fund was too small for...
The Bond Market’s Mispricing of Sustainability
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Shortly before the cold took over Northern and Central Europe, we had the opportunity to talk to Founding Director Guy Cameron...
Where Sustainability Meets Value
Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week in Stockholm, we had a chance to meet David Osfield (left), manager of the Amity International Fund at London-based...
European Utilities: the Long, the Short and the Green
Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week, we had the opportunity to sit down over lunch with Eric Melloul, European utility specialist at New York-based Electron...
Gender Balance & Sustainable Investing: A Journey
Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week, NordSIP had the privilege of catching up with Barbara Krumsiek, board member at Arabesque, and ex-CEO of one of...
Finnish Forestry’s Green Returns
Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - In the Nordics, forest ownership has been close to the people for centuries. As a matter of fact, a large majority...
Swedes Keen on Greenfield Infrastructure
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On 15 November, UK-based Infracapital announced the closing of its new greenfield infrastructure fund at £1.25 billion (€1.4 billion), with the...
The Next Step in Low-Carbon Investing
Stockholm (NordSIP) – During a recent visit to Stockholm, Meryam Omi, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment Strategy at Legal & General, met with...
Biggest Not Good Enough for SPP’s Lindahl
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Helena Lindahl is Senior Portfolio Manager, in charge of managing the Swedish asset manager SPP's green bond fund, the biggest such...
The Impact of a Triple Jump
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Triple Jump, the Netherlands-based impact-focused investment management company providing responsible investment opportunities in developing countries, was impossible to miss at last...
Advancing Gender Equality, One Share at a Time
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Like many millennials, Sandra Bourbon, founder of Framtidsfeministen (in English - Future feminist), an organisation focused on gender equality, was looking...
No Free Lunch, but… Envonet
Stockholm (NordSIP) - While there is no such thing as a free lunch, the launch of a useful free tool on the internet may...
Interview: Catella Sverige Aktiv Hållbarhet
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As previously reported by NordSIP, Catella, the Swedish financial advisory firm and asset manager with specialist expertise within property, fixed income...
Lack of SRI investment funds worsens trade-off for responsible allocators
Stockholm (NordSIP)- For allocators who adhere to a sustainable investment philosophy, trade-offs can be very different from those fund managers face. If everyone involved...