Norges Bank Investment Management, het grootste staatsfonds ter wereld, eist dat de bedrijven waarin het belegt meer aandacht besteden aan duurzaamheid. Het legt daarbij bijzondere nadruk op het bestrijden van de plasticvervuiling van de oceanen bericht het Financieel Dagblad (FD).
Het fonds wil dat ‘zijn’ bedrijven strategieën uitwerken om de Sustainable Development Goals van de VN te halen. Milieuorganisatie Greenpeace reageerde positief op de beslissing van het Noorse staatsinvesteringsfonds meldt het FD.
Het persbericht van Norges Bank Investment Management hierover:
“We expect companies to manage the challenges and opportunities related to sustainable uses of the ocean.
Many companies depend on the ocean as part of their business model. Economic activity may have a negative impact on life in the ocean. Companies may at the same time find business opportunities through new and sustainable uses of the ocean. In our expectations document, we emphasise that companies should ascertain that material ocean-related risks and opportunities are integrated in corporate strategy, risk management and reporting.
“The ocean is a vital part of the biosphere and an important part of the global economy. We expect companies to manage the challenges and opportunities related to sustainable use of the ocean”, says Yngve Slyngstad, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management.
Our expectations are aimed both at companies with activities directly in or on the ocean, and at those with land-based activities or value chains that are materially dependent on, or affect, the ocean. Examples of relevant sectors include ocean-based industries such as shipping, wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture, but also retail, the value chain of plastic products and agricultural goods.”
