I was pleased to speak to Hilde Gran, a reporter for TV 2, about the fight to eliminate the deadly risk of unsafe cladding across the country.
Over the last month, I have been engaged with fire cladding groups and ethics experts for the Norwegian government about shareholdings in companies associated with unsuitable cladding and other building techniques that left innocent leaseholders feeling unsafe in homes they cannot sell at a fair price.
Earlier in the month, I united with Grenfell survivors in calling on Nicolai Tangen, leader of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), to leverage its position as the major shareholder to push the eleven firms to fix fire-safety defects and compensate victims of the Grenfell tragedy or to divest its holdings in these firms if they fail to do so.
According to its ethical guidelines, investments cannot be made in companies that directly or indirectly contribute to killing, torture, deprivation of freedom or other violations of human rights in conflict situations or wars.
If companies aren't taking responsibility for ensuring the lives and safety of residents, we must leverage all possible means to ensure that they do.
