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Pension customers want to overthrow chairmen of big carbon emitters

Several Danish pension funds are joining in on proposals meant to tighten the grip on some of the world’s largest climate sinners, and customers want their funds to go head-to-head with powerful board chairs. 
Thomas Meinert Larsen thinks that the green transition is advancing way too slowly at the world’s largest carbon emitters. He’s come up with a proposal to make Danish pension funds flex their financial muscles by going against some of the world’s most powerful chairmen | Photo: Pr/private
Thomas Meinert Larsen thinks that the green transition is advancing way too slowly at the world’s largest carbon emitters. He’s come up with a proposal to make Danish pension funds flex their financial muscles by going against some of the world’s most powerful chairmen | Photo: Pr/private
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By Jakob Martini, translated by Katrine Gøthler

A growing number of Danish pension customers are so frustrated about the lack of climate action among the world’s largest carbon emitters that they now want to pressure their pension funds to act.

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