Nordic fund KLP excludes 14 weapons companies on ethical grounds
Nordic fund KLP excludes 14 weapons companies on ethical grounds
OSLO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Norway's largest pension fund, KLP, said on Thursday it would no longer invest in 14 major weapons makers and their suppliers, including Raytheon Technologies Corporation RTX.N and Rolls-Royce RR.L .
路透奥斯陆11月4日电-挪威最大的养老基金KLP周四表示,将不再投资14家主要武器制造商及其供应商,包括雷神技术公司RTX.N和劳斯莱斯RR.L.
The companies, based in Britain, China, France, Israel, India, Italy and the United States, have been excluded because they produce a certain type of weapons - mostly involving nuclear arms - that violate fundamental humanitarian principles, KLP said in a statement.
KLP在一份声明中说,这些总部设在英国、中国、法国、以色列、印度、意大利和美国的公司被排除在外,因为它们生产的某种武器-主要涉及核武器-违反了基本的人道主义原则。
"The criterion applies mainly to nuclear weapons and cluster munitions, as well as anti-personnel mines," KLP said.
“该标准主要适用于核武器和集束弹药,以及杀伤人员地雷,”KLP说。
The other 12 companies are Babcock International Group
其他12家公司是巴布科克国际集团
BAB.L , China Shipbuilding Industry Co 601989.SS , Dassault Aviation AVMD.PA , Elbit Systems ESLT.TA , General Dynamics Corp GD.N , KBR Inc KBR.N , L3Harris Technologies LHX.N , Larsen & Toubro Ltd LART.NS , Leidos Holdings LDOS.N , Leidos
BAB.L,中国船舶工业股份有限公司601989.SS,达索航空AVMD.PA,Elbit Systems ESLT.TA,通用动力公司GD.N,KBR Inc KBR.N,L3Harris Technologies LHX.N,Larsen&Toubro Ltd LART.NS,Leidos Holdings LDOS.N,Leidos
SAICI.UL , Leonardo SpA LDOF.MI and Thales SA TCFP.PA .
SAICI.UL,Leonardo spa LDOF.MI和Thales SA TCFP.PA。
Two of the companies - Elbit Systems and Leonardo - have already been excluded by KLP for other reasons.
其中两家公司-埃尔比特系统公司(Elbit Systems)和莱昂纳多公司(Leonardo)-已经因为其他原因被KLP排除在外。
The move by KLP follows a review of the ethical criteria, expanding the definition to include makers of key components used for these types of weapons.
KLP采取这一举措之前,对道德标准进行了审查,扩大了定义,将用于这些类型武器的关键部件的制造商包括在内。
KLP, which currently has $90 billion worth of assets under management, said the exclusion would be effective from November 2021.
目前管理着价值900亿美元资产的KLP表示,这一排除将从2021年11月起生效。
(Reporting by Victoria Klesty in Oslo Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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