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Industriens Pension’s Active Ownership Agenda: Climate Change & Workers’ Rights

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In 2024, Industriens Pension continued to focus strongly on active ownership as a tool for promoting responsible business practices in the...

Happy (Forgotten) Earth Day?

As we celebrate World Earth Day 2025 amid difficult global conditions, it is worth taking stock of where we are, how the planet is...

A Practical View on ESG Integration in Equity Portfolios: 20 Years of Lessons

The challenges and dilemmas faced by investors as they integrate non-financial factors into their decision making were explored by a round table of experts...

Nordic Investors Turn Up Heat on Equinor

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The contradictions between long-term corporate climate targets and companies’ day-to-day activities have been brought to light with Norway’s state-owned energy firm...

New York Reiterates its Commitment to Climate Change

Stockholm (NordSIP) - On April 21st, the office of Thomas P. DiNapoli, the New York State Comptroller, announced that the New York State Common...

BP Caught in Pincer Movement in Climate Battle

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Almost a quarter of BP shareholders have voted against the company chair in the biggest such rebellion in two decades. The...

Net-Zero Banking Alliance Waters Down Guidance

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has come under fire on the topic of climate change since the re-election of Donald Trump...

Shipping Charts Course to Decarbonisation

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Global shipping is the first specific industry sector to be covered by a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)...

LEGO Drops Diversity & Inclusion Language

Stockholm (NordSIP) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s series of executive orders (EOs) targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programmes in the public and private...

Kommuninvest Issues Milestone Social Bond

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The social bonds market appears to have gained some traction at the end of the first quarter of 2025. Concomitantly with...

Child-Lens Investing: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Investment

Child-Lens Investing is a groundbreaking framework that aligns the power of global finance with the well-being of the world’s 2.2 billion children, UNICEF’s Child-Lens...

NordSIP Insights – Child-Lens Investing Handbook

Our children aren't having the childhood we had. Pros and cons, of course. On the one hand, they have more opportunities for learning, the...

Danske Bank Finds New Chief ESG Specialist

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Maria Nordqvist has been appointed Chief ESG Specialist at Danske Bank Asset Management (AM). She will be a part of the...

Renewable Energy and ABS Financing – How Private Equity and Structured Credit Can Support the Energy Transition in Europe

Investors seeking to ‘green’ their portfolios can draw on a rapidly growing range of listed and unlisted impact equity funds.  However, steering investments towards...

Financial Institutions Make Progress Despite Cakeism Accusations

Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to South Pole's 2024/25 Net Zero report, many FIs are taking selective steps towards decarbonisation. Despite some perceived progress towards...

Changing of the Guard at the Top of BlueOrchard

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The Board of BlueOrchard has made some changes to its leadership team. At the executive level, it appointed Michael Wehrle (Pictured,...

EFRAG Looking for Input on ESRS Omnibus Revision

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following the European Commission's (EC) decision at the end of 2024 to adopt Omnibus proposals simplifying existing sustainability regulations, the EU...

ESMA Opens Second Consultation on EuGB External Reviewers

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published a Consultation Paper on the...

Folksam Funds EIB’s SEK Gender Equality Bond

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The beginning of April saw the European Investment Bank (EIB) break new ground on a number of sustainable bond issuance fronts,...

Video: Ecozen – a Private Equity Investment Case

Video: Innovation in the Global Bond Market

Schroders and Apple Launch New China Renewable Energy Strategy

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As one of the largest economies and most populous countries in the world, asset managers see China as an unavoidable partner...

Robeco Partners to Launch Avoided Emissions Platform

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As sustainability specialists seek to fund and facilitate the energy transition, one of the hurdles they face is the ability to...

The Coolest Get-Rich-Quick Opportunity

Check your investment portfolios. Have you got nice fat chunks of Hitachi, LG, Daikin, Samsung, and Voltas shares? Disclaimer: NordSIP does not recommend stocks....

DWS Fined for Greenwashing in Germany

Stockholm (NordSIP) – German asset management firm DWS has been hit with a €25 million fine in its home market after Frankfurt prosecutors found...

Storebrand Resists DEI Push Back

Stockholm (NordSIP) - While the last five years saw sustainable institutional investors focus on discerning genuine green commitments from greenwashing, the tide has turned....

Impact Commitments Grow Despite Shrinking Targets

Stockholm (NordSIP) -  As sustainable investing continues to face political backlash, it is crucial that the most committed impact investor not be deterred from...

Fighting Populism With Care, Kindness, Trust (and Accountability)

We're only just over the first quarter of 2025 and it is already clear this is going to be a disturbing year. The shifting...

Where Defence and Sustainability Meet in Finland

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The ongoing global geopolitical realignments and associated emerging uncertainties demand that responsible investors acquire new skills and learn to navigate the...

Nordea Reiterates Sustainability Commitment

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In an effort to combat greenwashing, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced and published guidelines establishing harmonised criteria for...

Investment in Renewables Paying Off

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Climate change is driving up global energy demand, but much of that growth is being met by renewable energy according to...

Cracks Appear in Asset Owner and Manager Relations

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Signs of a widening gap on sustainability matters between asset owners and managers are evident in new analysis published today, 26...

The Major Risk Ignored by European Banks

Stockholm (NordSIP) – European banks should urgently address the risks inherent in the plastics industry value chain, according to new analysis by financial non-profit...

Change the Name Not the Game

Have you ever met anyone who claims they were there when the term ESG was coined? The official story is that it first appeared...

“We are Increasing the Risks to Our Lives”, WMO Warns

Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week, the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), published its annual State of the Global Climate report. The study confirmed that 2024...

Fixed Income in a Climate Transition Perspective

Where does fixed income sit in the climate transition investing toolbox?  Can sustainability truly be integrated within fixed-income strategies, are the appropriate data sources...

Strategising for a Sustainable Future: Navigating Investment Frameworks for Climate Goals

Beyond the shift from ambitious climate targets to implementation via metrics and ESG frameworks, sustainable asset managers increasingly need to find targeted strategies that...

BlackRock’s Major ESG Fund Spring Clean

Stockholm (NordSIP) – New fund naming guidelines from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) come into full effect on 21 May 2025, which...

Swedish Agencies Issue RFP for Sustainability Systems

Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week, the Swedish Pensions Agency (Pensionsmyndigheten) together with the Swedish Fund Selection Agency (Fondtorgsnämnden) (FTN), announced the procurement of two...

Danish Academics Punish US Firms Over ESG

Stockholm (NordSIP) – AkademikerPension, the €21 billion pension scheme for Danish academics announced today 19 March 2025 that it is terminating a longstanding mandate...

Council on Ethics’ New Proactive Approach

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The Council on Ethics for the Swedish National Pension Funds (Etikrådet) believes the strengthening of its team has resulted in more...

Söderberg & Partners Green Lights Sustainable Leaders

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Söderberg & Partners has published its annual Traffic Lights report singling out the best players in the Swedish financial industry in...

Fund Industry Shifting Defence Stance

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The 2025 Global Risk Report positioned state-based armed conflict as the top current risk and the third most pressing over the...

The Road to COP30

The road to Belém. That is the headline on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) page dedicated to the upcoming 30th Conference...

Taxonomy-Aligned CapEx Grows Amid Heterogeneous Transition

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance has published a report on Monitoring Capital Flows to Sustainable Investments. The Platform on Sustainable...

Northvolt Declares Bankruptcy in Sweden

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In the latest development in the saga of Northvolt, the company has announced it has declared bankruptcy in Sweden. The announcement...

Glass Lewis Goes High Tech With Esgaia Purchase

Stockholm (NordSIP) – San Francisco-based Glass Lewis announced today 11 March 2025 that it is acquiring Swedish investment stewardship data management platform Esgaia. Glass...

Afa Fastigheter Appoints New Head

Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to a press release, Afa Fastigheter has appointed Fredrik Bergenstråhle as CEO, starting this summer. He is leaving his current...

Can Corporate Governance Survive Trump?

As the world collectively reeled from the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting debacle, I was prompted to take stock of the new administration's effects on...

ESG Fund Market Tested: Small- to Mid-Cap Equities a Sweet Spot

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Sustainable investors seeking consistent and reliable implantation of their ESG goals are better off sticking with funds applying Sustainable Finance Disclosure...

BNP Paribas Hires Sustainability Veteran to Head Nordic Sales

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Despite the ongoing greenrinsing efforts of some asset managers, the prevailing feeling is that their European investors remain committed to sustainability....

Nordic Fund Riding AI Wave

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The challenge of supporting the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) industry received a boost on 5 March 2025 with the announcement...

PRI Warns Omnibus Proposal Goes Too Far

Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of February, the European Commission's (EC) announced its Omnibus legislative proposal to simplify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

COP16.1 Outcome: Hope Springs Eternal

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The reconvened 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) that took place in Rome from 25...

Heimstaden Bostad Issues SEK Green Bond

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Heimstaden Bostad AB (publ) successfully issued a SEK850 million green senior unsecured floating rate notes at the start of February. This...

Do Omnibus Proposals Shred EU’s Sustainability Regulations?

Stockholm (NordSIP) - After much anticipation, the European Commission (EC) formally proposed a new package of simplified EU sustainability rules, specifically pertaining to the...

ESG Cited in $35 Billion Asset Loss by US Manager

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The potential implications of US managers’ response to the anti-ESG backlash in their home nation were brought to light today 27...

Länsförsäkringar Liv Unveils New CIO

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Swedish insurance company Länsförsäkringar Liv has revealed Cecilia Kellner as its incoming Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Kellner currently holds the same position...

SEC Stifles Corporate Engagement

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Institutional investors’ stewardship of United States (US) investee companies has been thrown into disarray by changes in Securities and Exchange Commission...

No Article 9 Among FTN’s Latest Nordic Mandates

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The Swedish Fund Selection Agency (Fondtorgsnämnden, in Swedish, or FTN) has awarded the procurement eight Nordic funds to five asset managers...

The Proof of the BPudding

It seems we have finally arrived at the point where the age-old battle of 'divest vs. engage' has found a real-life testing ground. BP...

Enel Issues Triple SLB

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Despite the many woes plaguing ESG investing at the moment, sustainable bond issuance remains appealing to investors, with 2024 witnessing the...

Scania Buys Northvolt’s Battery Factory

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In the latest development in the restructuring of Northvolt, the company announced it was selling the Northvolt Systems Industrial division, a...

FI Approves Alecta’s Next Chairman

Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to a press release issued by Alecta, the Swedish occupational pensions manager has received the decision from the Swedish Financial...

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