AMWatch

A part ofWatch Medier

Finnish pension giants refrain to name and shame, unlike Danish and Swedish peers

Most Nordic pension funds transparently publish exclusion lists online, but none of Finland’s six largest pension firms follow suit beyond posting general exclusion policy on their websites, a recent Robeco report finds. Varma and Ilmarinen tell AMWatch why their exclusion lists are only open to internal review.

Niina Arkko, Responsible Investment Analyst at Ilmarinen (l.) and Hanna Kaskela, Director of Responsible Investment at Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Photo: PR Ilmarinen and Varma.
BY
Published:

The reason why Finnish pension giants Varma and Ilmarinen have not published a list of companies which they do not invest in is that they both prefer to focus primarily on what they actually do and what they actually they invests in, rather than on what they do not do, say responsible investments experts at both companies in response to a recent Robeco analysis.

Read this article for free

Register with your E-mail.
No credit card required.

Get full access for you and your coworkers.

Start a free company trial today

Related articles

amwatch trial

Latest news

  1. Nordea loses ESG specialist to Credit Suisse in sustainability overhaul
  2. Former Skagen Fondene exec jumps aboard financial advisory firm
  3. Northern Trust Asset Management launches climate aware emerging market index strategy
  4. U.S. bonds taken off blacklist by USD 18 billion fund in Denmark
  5. Columbia Threadneedle appoints EMEA distribution lead with Nordic past
  6. Author debut on how to trade like a hunter-gatherer paved way for forthcoming hedge fund launch "in a good environment"
  7. Danish pension funds and utility ally with Nykredit to finance energy isle
  8. New Sparindex funds to meet toughest EU climate demands
  9. Norges Bank's "surprisingly hawkish" comments fan early hike bet
  10. Video meetings complicate new manager hires, Nordic investors say
  11. From sleepless nights to wildest career experience: Covid effects behind 98 percent return at Copenhagen-based hedge fund
  12. Blackrock takes first step into crypto exposure in two funds
  13. Nordea AM lands sustainable mandate with Finnish pension giant
  14. Frontier investor sees US change of power as catalyst for EM upswing
  15. Storebrand AM appoints new Head of Sustainable Investments
  16. Danish Wall Street economist: The hunt for yield will carry on - but watch out for inflation
  17. Pension fund ditches private equity and reduces listed equity portfolio in hunt for savings
  18. Former Aberdeen profile becomes European executive at Australian investor

See all

Jobs

See all

See all

Latest news from FinansWatch (dk)

  1. Tusindvis af Jyske Bank-kunder er berørt af problemer med gældsinddrivelsen – tavshed skaber undren
  2. ATP vil ændre forretningsmodel og investere med større risiko
  3. Danske Banks landbrugskunder skal måle klimaaftryk på bedriften
  4. Trafiklys og whistleblower-ordning: Banker har forskellige tiltag mod grænseoverskridende adfærd
  5. Topdanmark-chef om fremtiden for Codan: "Der er så mange spekulationer lige nu"

Latest news from EnergyWatch

  1. PPA market set record in 2020
  2. Vattenfall plans to give retired German coal plant new life as hydrogen hub
  3. Vineyard Wind's reapplication expected "very, very soon"
  4. Bourbon Offshore presents strategy on how to emerge from crisis
  5. EU Parliament demands action against Nord Stream 2

Latest news from ShippingWatch

  1. Seaspan brings in USD 200 million from sustainbility-linked bonds
  2. A new motorized bow turns tugboats into icebreakers
  3. Black Lives Matter stirred up a dilemma for the president of Hapag-Lloyd America
  4. Kristian Siem loses ownership control of Siem Offshore
  5. DB Schenker resumes freight to UK – DHL suspends some freight in the other direction