Stockholm (NordSIP) - Covering three-quarters of the surface of our planet, oceans are crucial for life on Earth. They help regulate the climate, provide...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - With the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 and the launch of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainable investments...
Stockholm (NordSIP) -Given the evolving climate reporting landscape and the wide and complex range of metrics available to investors, environmental disclosures remain a topic...
Stockholm (NordSPI) - One of the most often repeated concerns of financial experts regarding their ability to productively contribute to the transition agenda is...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - While the fortunes of AI companies appear to have brought global markets back to their means during the summer, institutional investors...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Between June 25th and June 28th, Sweden's political, finance and business elites flocked to Almedalen, a small park in Visby, the...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Since 2003 AP2 has conducted an annual survey to determine the proportion of women at middle management level, in executive positions...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the start of June, the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) announced it had decided to stop excluding defence investments. According to...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - While some responsible institutional investors are busy debating the pros and cons of divestment vs. engagement, others focus on driving positive...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On March 25th, the Swedish Fund Selection Agency (Fondtorgsnämnden or FTN) awarded procurement agreements for actively managed European large/mid cap equity...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – The EU’s Taxonomy Regulation, the pioneering classification system defining sustainable economic activities and one of the cornerstones of the union’s Action...
NordSIP (Stockholm) - Public exclusion remains one of the most efficient ways for investors to influence companies that do not listen to their sustainability...
NordSIP (Stockholm) - Just before Christmas, on 21 December, the Swedish government presented the country’s new climate action plan. Eagerly anticipated, the plan has...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Swedish consultancy Söderberg & Partners has been reviewing the sustainability performance of the country’s largest pension funds annually for ten years...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – The annual rebalancing and reconstitution of Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) is now over, and the results have been officially announced,...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Despite paying lip service to the ‘S’ in ESG, Danish financial institutions still appear incapable of demonstrating that they include human...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – On 5 December, after weeks of intense negotiations, Norway’s centre-left government announced that it had reached an agreement with opposition parties...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - A recently published paper by ActionAid Denmark (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke) has reignited the debate over Danish pension funds’ investments in fossil fuel companies....
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to a press release by Osmosis Investment Management, Danish pension provider PKA has invested approximately US$1 billion in a new swap...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – On 23 October, the Swedish government announced the launch of a new investigation into the governing activities of the National Pension Funds...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Since establishing a dedicated sustainability team and appointing Fredric Nyström as Head of Sustainability and Governance in May 2022, the Third Swedish...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Nordic institutional investors continue to lead the way in aligning their emission reduction goals with the Paris Agreement objectives through the...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Wednesday, September 20th, Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (Pictured) announced its revised budget plan for 2024. In what the government...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Regulators and supervisors worldwide are ramping up their efforts to curb greenwashing in the financial sector and increase asset managers’ accountability....
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario, for the world to meet climate and sustainable energy goals, close to 10 000 gigawatt-hours of...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following reports from Danish financial media, NordSIP has confirmed that Danske Bank is listed as part of an international group of...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On 4 August, Nordea Asset Management (NAM), announced the recategorisation of Nordea 1 - Global Gender Diversity Fund from the more...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As investors seek to aid companies in their sustainability journey, focus on the energy transition is foremost on everyone's mind. To...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – The Swedish CFA Society’s Annual Forecast Dinner has become a firmly established tradition to look forward to, despite being disrupted by...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Swesif, Sweden’s Sustainable Investment Forum, held its Annual General Meeting on 29 March, summarising another busy and eventful year. As the...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week marked “country overshoot day” for Denmark (March 28th) and Finland (March 31st), according to an estimate published by the Global...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Tuesday, March 7th, Morningstar announced Schroders Investment Management as Sweden’s winner of this year’s International Fund Award. Schroders was awarded “Best...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – The team of fund-selection experts that was assembled last year at the Swedish Fund Selection Agency (SFSA), aka Fondtorsnämnden (FTN), is...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Among local sustainability declarations for funds, Hållbarhetsprofilen (HP) is a true veteran. First created in 2011, the sustainability profile of choice...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – The latest edition of ShareAction’s report on asset managers’ engagement efforts, Voting Matters 2022, is out now. The authors examine how...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – On 24 January, Söderberg & Partners published their eagerly awaited annual report, Sustainable Unit-Linked Insurance 2023 (in Swedish). The analysis has become...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – Finland’s Sustainable Investment Forum (Finsif) started the new year with a renewed and reinvigorated Board of Directors. At a general meeting...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global CO2 emissions from energy combustion and industrial processes reached 36.3 gigatonnes (Gt) in...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - In line with recent concerns regarding the fact that funds need to be better aligned with the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosures...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - ATP, the biggest pension fund in Denmark, announced it invested in Better Energy, a leading Danish developer and owner of solar...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of November, AP7 announced the results of a survey conducted together with Kantar Sifoon regarding the general public's...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Thursday, November 10th, UBS Asset Management held its UBS ETF European Investment lunch at Grand Hotel in Stockholm, following a...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - The rapidly evolving European sustainable regulation landscape poses challenges for the investment industry in navigating and meeting such a complex set...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As NordSIP has repeatedly noted throughout the year, biodiversity has quickly risen to the forefront of sustainable considerations, not least thanks...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Although exclusions tends to be seen as the most basic approach to sustainable investment, some industries and companies can reveal themselves...
Stockholm (NordSIP) – As sovereign wealth management funds go, Norway’s trillion-dollar Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), managed by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), is right...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Since its inception in 1993, Mistra, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, has been a driving force for high-quality, innovative...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - One of the main tenets of sustainable investing is that transparency and accountability lead to better investment outcomes. In this spirit,...
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of January 2022, the Danish government merged Denmark’s Export Credit Agency (EKF), the Danish Growth Fund (Vaekstfonden) and...