ABSTRACT

Sweden has been described as a frontrunner in terms of responsible investment (RI) 1 (Eurosif, 2010). In the past, Swedish RI actors have pioneered RI strategies such as norm-based screening (Bengtsson, 2008; Eurosif, 2012) and have influenced the development of standards such as UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) (UN PRI, 2014). The Swedish RI market has continued to grow and is today considered to be quite mature. All of the largest asset managers adopt some form of RI strategy and have been active in this area more than 10 years (Eurosif, 2012).