Sweden

Hard Facts, episoe 8 "HM"
- TV4
- 21 November 2014
Sweden's TV4 investigates the multinational retail clothing company H&M's possible involvement in landgrabbing in Ethiopia.
AP2 targets tar sands, farmland for greater scrutiny
- I&PE
- 21 October 2014
Swedish pension fund AP2 plans to conduct an external audit in response to criticism by Swedwatch for not disclosing the precise locations of its Brazilian farm holdings.
AP1 eyes increased exposure to NZ dairy fund ahead of close
- PEI
- 28 August 2014
The Swedish pension fund is considering increasing its exposure to Southern Pastures, a New Zealand dairy farm fund, alongside six other investors including the New Mexico Education Retirement Board.
AP2 invests $750m in TIAA-CREF II
- PEI
- 28 August 2014
Swedish pension fund AP Fonden 2 has invested $750 million to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II, confirming rumours that the pension was one of three foreign investors contributing to the vehicle’s $1.4 billion fundraise.
Project to support Bagamoyo sugarcane outgrowers imminent
- Tanzania Daily News
- 09 May 2014
The company wants an end to land conflicts in the area "where Dar es Salaam based bigwigs are frustrating the project" and incentives for ethanol production.
Sweden's Agrokultura sees net loss grow 160% in 2013
- Interfax
- 28 Mar 2014
The company, which changed its name from Alpcot Agro, is considering selling its farms in Ukraine.
Land governance programme map
- Donor Platform
- 16 January 2014
On January 22 a comprehensive database on land and resource governance programmes funded by members of the Global Donor Working Group on Land will be presented during the AGA in Paris.
Seeds of discontent
- FIAN
- 02 October 2013
Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch investors in Mozambique land grab: powerful new documentary gives a compelling visual portrait of how investment by private financial players can undermine food security and human rights in developing countries.
Sierra Leone Climbing out of poverty
- Swedfund International
- 28 August 2013
Swedfund film focuses on the people living in the Sierra Leone countryside affected by the Addax Bioenergy sugarcane project.
Pension funds flock to ‘real assets’
- Financial Times
- 16 June 2013
Pension funds across the globe are ramping up holdings of so-called “real assets” such as property, infrastructure and farmland, as they move to protect their portfolios against inflation.
The anatomy of a Mozambique land deal
- IRIN
- 22 May 2013
A multi-million dollar “ethical” plantation development in northwestern Mozambique - the initiative of a clutch of Scandinavian faith-based organizations - has faced alleged acts of sabotage by the very people it was designed to assist, illustrating the divisions between foreign benefactors and local communities.
Swedish buffer fund AP2 under scrutiny from NGO over Brazilian farmland investments
- Responsible Investor
- 22 April 2013
Sweden’s SEK227.3bn (€26.7bn) state buffer fund Andra AP-fonden (AP2) has been accused of a lack of transparency and snapping up cheap agricultural land in Brazil by campaign group Swedwatch. AP2 denies the allegations.