Category: Accounting / Financial
Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund will ask many of the companies in its portfolio to take more specific action on climate change, its head of governance and compliance said. Companies faced calls at the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland this month to lay out plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions to help […]
Source: Reuters
Category: Business News
USA arrangerer et internasjonalt digitalt toppmøte om demokrati 9. og 10. desember. Styrking av demokratiet og menneskerettighetene, beskyttelse mot autoritær utvikling og kampen mot korrupsjon er blant temaene som blir diskutert. President Joe Biden har invitert 110 land til det digitale toppmøtet om demokrati. Biden har vært tydelig på at han vil bidra til å […]
Source: Regjeringen
Category: Business News
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it aims to buy its way to a cleaner, cooler planet, spending billions to create a federal fleet of electric vehicles, upgrade federal buildings and change how the government buys electricity. The executive order President Biden signed leverages Washington’s buying power to cut the government’s carbon emissions 65 percent by the end of the decade. […]
Source: The Washington Post
Category: Business News
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency has signed a contract with US company Draken International to sell up to 12 F-16 combat aircraft. The aircraft will be used as part of Draken’s training services in the United States. For decades the F-16s have been the backbone of the Royal Norwegian Air Force and of the defence […]
Source: Regjeringen
Category: Business News
The Financial Times ranks BI as Norway’s best business school for the 6th year running in its European Business School Ranking 2021. BI ranks number 50 out of the 95 schools who make it onto the list. “This is one of the most prestigious rankings throughout the year because it demonstrates the quality and breadth […]
Source: BI Norwegian Business School