Entries Categorized as 'Anti-Rain Forest Policy'

Oil pension fund bans investments in Wal-Mart

Date July 4, 2006

Norway’s $200 billion oil pension fund bans investments in US retail giant Wal-Mart and mining group because of human rights and environmental violations.
he Norwegian Ministry of Finance has excluded the US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Wal-Mart de Mexico (“Wal-Mart”) and Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. (“Freeport”) from the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – [...]