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Norway’s SWF boosts renewable energy, divests fossil fuels

Parliament instructs fund built on oil profits to redirect investments in smaller firms

An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Thailand
An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Thailand Photo: Getty Images

Norway’s sovereign-wealth fund is embracing renewable energy and winding down fossil-fuel investments.

The Scandinavian nation’s parliament voted on Wednesday to instruct its $1tn fund to pull an estimated more than $13bn from oil, gas and coal extracting companies and move up to $20bn into renewable-energy projects and companies, representing around 2% of the fund.

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