Industriens Pension strikes oil company from restricted list despite climate plan disapproval

Exxon features on the restricted lists of a long line of pension funds, but Industriens Pension has opted to remove the oil major from theirs. 
ExxonMobil is no longer placed on Danish pension fund Industriens Pension's restricted list. | Photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
ExxonMobil is no longer placed on Danish pension fund Industriens Pension's restricted list. | Photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Thomas Nygaard Madsen, translated by Katrine Gøthler

Its a sign that greenwashing works when Industriens Pension shows mercy on ExxonMobil by striking the oil company from its restricted list, despite featuring prominently on the list of 12 other pension funds, Professor at Harvard University, Naomi Oreskes, tells Finans, and Copenhagen Business School professor Andreas Rasche agrees. 

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