Joint Innovest/WWF Report Shows Norway's "Oil Fund" Lags Behind Peers in Addressing Climate Change
(CSRwire) - September 29, 2008 - A new report by WWF and financial analysts Innovest shows that Norway's large and influential Government Pension Fund, with a reputation as a leader in ethical investments, does not apply best practice in sustainable investments, and is not yet fully addressing the impacts of global warming.
The $381bn fund is based on petroleum revenues and is the world's second largest sovereign wealth fund. Norway's Government Pension Fund alone owns more than 1% of all European stocks.
"Loaded with petroleum cash, Norway has a special responsibility to invest in low carbon development and help mitigate impacts from global warming on hundreds of millions of the world's poor," said Rasmus Hansson, CEO of WWF-Norway.
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