NORWAY’S SUMMIT ON RESPONSIBLE INVESTING

Mitch Towner

This is a summary of the issues discussed at the 2013 Investment Strategy Summit of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global. The emphasis of the summit was responsible investing with a special emphasis on ways to strengthen the Fund’s work on responsible investment. The summit brought together experts (both practitioners and academics) and discussed ethical issues, financial performance, and activist investors in the context of social, environmental, and governance concerns.