What security structures do we need today?
The war in Ukraine has plainly shown us how fragile peace is. At the same time, it is forcing us to reflect on the structures we as societies have to promote in order to create or at least maintain peace. Strong military defence systems appear to be the order of the day in light of the aggressiveness of an unpredictable opponent. But we also need strong institutions, an independent justice system, political alliances, and economic cooperation on a level playing field – in other words, strong democratic structures. Read more
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Issuu "Peace and justice"
We aim to address these important, often existential issues and initiate discussions about them with the current SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT magazine.
Can weapons secure peace?
The arms lobby sees an opportunity and is pulling out all the stops to improve the sector’s image and position itself as “sustainable”. In fact, the defence industry is going as far as to try to argue its way into the EU’s social taxonomy that is currently in development. All of this is another reminder of how important it is for sustainable investors to set boundaries.
Assessing the sustainability of countries
There are now a number of established models for assessing the sustainability of companies, but how can the sustainability of countries be evaluated? Traditional corporate key performance indicators clearly do not apply here. Particularly for bond funds with a high share of government bonds, this question is especially important.
Sustainable Development Goal SDG 16
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Company spotlight: Nokia
In a development that came as a surprise to many, the discussion of the neutral countries of Finland and Sweden joining NATO soon has gained momentum in the political debate in recent weeks. This is one of the reasons why we are taking a closer look at the Finnish model company Nokia in this issue, whose eventful history includes several spectacular successes but at the same time is not without a few failures.