https://www.scmp.com/rss/500818/feed Sverre Thornes is group chief executive officer of KLP, Norway's largest pension company with over US$80 billion of assets under management. He studied business administration at the American College in Paris. He joined KLP in 1995 as a fixed income portfolio manager and was in charge of KLP's asset management from 2001 until 2006. He managed the Life Insurance Division of Kommunal Landspensjonskasse from 2006 until January 2008. Since January 2008, he has been the CEO for the KLP Group. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com This week, KLP, a large Norwegian pension fund managing US$80 billion, announced the divestment of its entire coal portfolio, shedding 46 companies, including Chinese enterprises Shaanxi Coal, Shanxi Luan Environmental Energy, Shanxi Xishan Coal and Electricity Power, Shenergy and Guanghui Energy. As such, it will become the first major fund to go coal free. Our rationale is evident: there is no space for new coal plants, no matter how efficient they profess to be, if we are to limit global... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3010247/china-can-become-renewable-energy-superpower-if-it-follows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3010247/china-can-become-renewable-energy-superpower-if-it-follows?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 May 2019 06:00:15 +0000