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A third of Swedish companies making little sustainability progress despite local investor pressure

Sustainable Value Creation in Sweden reports second year findings.

Sweden’s AP2 responds to NGO’s “land grab” comments

Comments made in Parliament by non-governmental organisation

RI Briefing, November 9: GRI launches sustainability disclosure database

RI’s regular round-up of responsible investing news

Ethix SRI Advisors nabs RepRisk exec for Denmark expansion

Swedish ESG house expands footprint with key hire

Sweden’s AP2 votes against three-quarters of pay proposals at foreign firms

New Corporate Governance report released

Sweden’s AP1 to raise allocation to ‘real assets’ to combat climate change

Leading institutional investor absorbs Mercer report

Sweden’s AP3 voted against exec pay deals at 75% of international companies

Number of against votes rises year-on-year

Sweden’s AP7 seeks proxy voting service provider

State fund issues RFP for 2,500-company portfolio

Active ownership specialist Cevian hires Myners for UK role

€3.5bn firm nabs ex-government minister

Sweden’s AP2 and TIAA-CREF form agricultural real estate venture

Pension giants target grain production in the US, Australia and Brazil

Swedish AP funds call for Motorola to withdraw from West Bank

AP funds’ Ethical Council also in dialogue with France’s Veolia and Alstom

Swedish governance board in scathing attack on EU governance plans

Watchdog wary of “illusion of strong action”

Sweden’s governance watchdog critical of EU governance green paper

Swedish AP funds name ESG analysis providers

€86.5bn buffer funds complete procurement

Controversial mining firm added to Dow Jones sustainability index

Swedish and Canadian pension funds had targeted Goldcorp over Guatemala operations

AP2 demands performance metric on company share matching schemes, extends enviro assets

€22bn buffer fund moves into agriculture and timber alongside its existing green bonds allocation.

Sweden’s AP3 buffer fund knocks back 60% of exec comp packages in overseas holdings

Fund says many foreign companies unable to meet its pay criteria.

GES, Manifest form responsible investment partnership

“Holistic solution” as ESG consultant and proxy firm link up

Norway’s KLP reviewing ESG providers

€22bn Norwegian manager issues request for proposal

Sweden’s AP3 forced to cut stake in wind power firm Arise

Buffer fund passed shareholding limits.

€84bn Swedish AP funds tender ESG analysis

Coordinated procurement from Swedish giants

Big funds keep up pressure on Freeport-McMoRan

Shareholder proposal targets Papua mine

RI round up: Apr 09

RI’s regular round-up of the most important responsible investment news.

Swedish govt funds join Norway in ban of Israel’s Elbit Systems over West Bank barrier

Funds follow advice of Ethical Council in potentially controversial sell-off.

Swedish govt fund vows to vote down short-term excessive bonuses

Board pressure to be applied on sustainability and female representation.

Global institutional big-hitters join climate change asset allocation study

Numbers swell for Mercer-led future strategy projections project.