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Major Swedish pension fund focuses on engagement with most polluting portfolio companies

The AP3 buffer fund insists that companies with big carbon footprints have ”valid and trustworthy” plans to reach net-zero emissions, its CEO tells AMWatch. 
AP3 is focusing on the 55 big emitters that have 70% of the carbon footprint in the fund's investment portfolio, Staffan Hansén says. | Photo: AP3 / PR
AP3 is focusing on the 55 big emitters that have 70% of the carbon footprint in the fund's investment portfolio, Staffan Hansén says. | Photo: AP3 / PR
by KIM WIESENER

AP3, the biggest buffer fund in Sweden’s public pension system, aims to reach net-zero emissions in its investment portfolio by 2045 and be in line with the 1.5 degree target of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

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