How AkademikerPension is helping to wean Asia off coal

Denmark’s pension scheme for academics is stepping up its drive to encourage a global transition to cleaner energy by taking a more activist approach to companies that heavily use or finance such assets. Asia – as the biggest consumer of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel – is in its sights. And AkademikerPension is pressuring companies like Japanese bank Mizuho and the construction arm of Korean group Samsung to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. The region …