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Council on Ethics influences safety in mining and focuses on deforestation, money laundering and climate efforts

Press release4 May, 2020

The Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension (AP) Funds Annual Report 2019:For more than 13 years, the AP Funds’ Council on Ethics…

AP2 – 2019 sees strongest result ever

Press release10 February, 2020

The 2019 result was AP2’s (Andra AP-fonden) highest ever and totalled SEK 53.0 billion. Looking at the last five and ten years, the Fund’s…

AP2 publishes 2019 sustainability report

Press release10 February, 2020

AP2 continued to work intensively to integrate sustainability into its management activities in 2019. The Fund approaches the issue of sustainability based on the…

AP2 participates in the Commission against modern slavery and human trafficking

News30 September, 2019

AP2 has participated in the Financial Sector Commission "Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST)" which last week, ahead of the UN General Assembly in…

Andra AP-fonden publishes Report on Human Rights

Press release30 September, 2019

As one of the first investors in the world, Andra AP-fonden (AP2) is publishing a Report on its work with human rights, based on…

AP2 a leader in sustainability

News10 September, 2019

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has identified AP2 as one of the signatories in the 2019 Leaders’ Group. PRI has identified asset owners with leading…

AP2 significantly increased its return

Press release28 August, 2019

Andra AP-fonden (AP2) reported a total return of 10.7 (2.9) per cent, after costs, for the first half of 2019. The net result was…

AP2’s Female Representation Index 2019 – slight increase in the proportion of women on board of companies

Press release17 June, 2019

AP2’s Female Representation Index for 2019 shows that the proportion of women represented on the boards of companies listed on NASDAQ Stockholm continues to…

The Council on Ethics of the Swedish AP Funds Annual Report 2018: New issues in focus during 2018

Press release11 June, 2019

For more than 10 years, the AP Funds’ Council on Ethics has exercised influence on the AP Funds’ global portfolio of listed companies to…

Andra AP-fonden divests from tobacco and nuclear weapons

Press release4 June, 2019

Andra AP-fonden (AP2) has, since its inception, worked on integrating sustainability into its portfolio management. This enables the Fund to reduce risks and generate…

Winner of 2019 WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award appointed

News28 May, 2019

The Frenchman Arash Derambarsch is the winner of 2019 Gothenburg Sustainability Award. Motivation of the jury:Arash Derambarsch’s ideas, initiative and effort to reduce food…

The Council on Ethics conducts a review of the standard for mine tailing dams

News29 March, 2019

The Church of England Pensions Board and the Council of Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds (the Council on Ethics) will represent investors…

The Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds (AP Funds) recommends exclusion of Vale S.A

News20 February, 2019

The Brazilian mining company Vale S.A has within a short timeframe been involved in two major accidents where tailings dams in Minas Gerais in…

Climate report for 2018 in line with TCFD’s recommendations

News13 February, 2019

AP2 today publishes its second climate report in accordance with Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. With IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…