Helsinki-based Varma has gained Breeam (Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method) certification for a third of its commercial properties, measured in terms of the value of the holdings.
Helsinki-based Varma has updated its responsible investment guidelines and is blacklisting heavy coal emitters, the company announced late last week.
Pension fund Ilmarinen is warning it may pull out of nursing home chain Esperi Care, whose operations in one nursing home were suspended last week due to a neglect-related death.
The Nordic Swan ecolabel has taken its first steps in Denmark’s financial sector -- this time around. The aim is to create awareness of the environmental endorsement in the industry, the head of Nordic Swan Ecolabel says in an interview with AM's sister site FinansWatch.
A Finnish fund with a EUR 230 million portfolio of nursing and healthcare properties is to make its seventh and final call for capital at the end of February, the fund’s portfolio manager Petteri Nurminen says. Meanwhile the asset management firm behind the fund is boosting its alternative investment offerings.
A Swiss initiative to persuade index providers to exclude controversial weapons is still collecting signatories, but deadline is fast approaching.
The Danish SDG Investment Fund -- which supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals through commercial investments in developing countries -- has reeled in capital commitments from three more private investors in a second and final closing.
Following a successful ETF listing in Stockholm last week, French provider Lyxor says it is will take more of the instruments public in the region.
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External manager selectors in the Nordics are spending an increasing amount of their workload on ESG-related assessments, writes Citywire.
ATP is heading in the right direction with its initiative on pushing utilities in a climate-friendly direction, says Greenpeace. However, the environmental organization maintains that it takes extra efforts for the pension fund to live up to its climate-related responsibilities.
Finnish renewables firm links up with Abu Dhabi energy company and targets projects in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Helsinki-based pension insurance company has found a specialist from a local asset management firm to work on responsible investment -- at a time when demand is hotting up for experts in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) field.
Incoming rule changes for four of the national funds backing Sweden's state pension system have inspired AP4 to take its responsible investment further -- erasing more industrial sectors from its investment universe.
The abolition of child labor is the single most important factor for Danish retail investors when selecting sustainable investment funds, according to survey. A year ago, a similar survey conducted by AMWatch showed a very different result.
Research and data provider heavyweight Sustainalytics has bought Swedish engagement service provider GES. An expected development in the sector, market participants say -- and good news for smaller players.
By embracing the sustainability agenda the EU has turned itself into something its citizens can relate to more easily. Smart move, says UNPRI board member and managing partner at LGT Capital Partners Tycho Sneyers.
An investor coalition between several Danish pension funds is calling for a concrete plan from one of the world's largest oil companies on how it intends to bring its CO2 consumption in line with the Paris Agreement.
The PKA fund SustainSolutions is flexing its muscles after hiring a new head of energy who will be responsible for investments in renewable energy.
Global Evolution eyes a business opportunity financing infrastructure in Africa with EM corporate bonds -- and sees rising US interest rates as no cause for concern.
Pension providers in Sweden could make more effort to support the domestic labor market and companies paying their taxes locally, according to a new report by independent consultancy Söderberg & Partners.
What was your favourite AMWatch story in 2018? The one about SEB? Nomura? Or maybe that article on Danske Bank AM?
Growing concern about plastic waste and a need to improve resource efficiency is generating new investment models that will help support the transition to a more sustainable economy.
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Pension funds in Nordic countries stand out as being the most willing asset owners in Europe to disclose information on the extent to which their investments are in line with official targets on climate, according to a recent survey from the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Green bonds were a rare bright spot in Europe’s lackluster primary market this year. Some of that sheen may start fading in 2019.
MP Pension has sold its Saudi Arabian government bonds, but other pension funds have yet to take similar action.
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