Denmark: after revelations from the Danish TV, the Nordea bank promises a more ethical portfolio of investments

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24 June 2009 à 10h09

Updated on 26 June 2009 à 13h52

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estments by pension funds (see our dispatch No. 080175), a program aired on June 2, 2009 denounces investments by three large Danish banks, notably in weapons. Nordea officially gave up participation to the capital of cluster bomb manufacturers. (Ref. 090678)

Nordea, Dansk Bank and Jyske Bank, the three largest banks in Denmark, would have invested, in total, 3.3 billion crowns (€440 million) in weapons, notably cluster bomb manufacturers, and in businesses famous for not respecting human right

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