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Netherlands’ Largest Pension Fund to Divest from Fossil Fuels

HeadlineOct 26, 2021

In the Netherlands, Dutch pension fund giant ABP says it will divest more than $17 billion in assets from fossil fuel companies. The announcement came ahead of the COP26 U.N. climate summit, which opens next week in Glasgow. ABP said as recently as June that it would keep its fossil fuel investments, but reversed course amid widespread protests and legal challenges.

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