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• NBIM says investment exclusions could cost it NOK3bn a year

  20 October 2020

  The manager of the giant Norwegian sovereign wealth fund said its portfolio underperformed by 1.3 percentage points due to exclusions of companies based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns since 2006, which could cost it NOK2.8 billion ($300 million) in 'lost' returns if replicated in the future.

• The world's first debt swap to protect oceans is 'model for conservation'

  15 March 2016

  Africa's Seychelles has undertaken the "first ever debt swap aimed at ocean conservation and climate mitigation".

• Investors with $2.6trn of assets make divestment pledges

  23 September 2015

  Investors with combined assets of $2.6 trillion have made pledges to divest from fossil fuels, according to a new report.