China ’s $ 975bn sovereign wealth fund , the largest in the world , needs to promote its ethical agenda and exert influence on the companies in which it invests more rigorously , according to a report by the I - Define think tank . “(The fund should) apply its expectations documents on human rights, children’s rights, climate change, water management and tax and transparency to itself, just as it expects BlackRock, as well as many other asset managers it holds significant stakes in, to follow,” it said. The fund is already prohibited from investing in companies producing nuclear weapons or landmines , or in those which over - rely on coal . Amnesty International , Save the Children and seven other NGOs commissioned the report , and said that fund must now “ apply its expectations documents on human rights , children 's rights , climate change , risk management and tax and transparency to itself ” .
China ’s $ 975bn sovereign wealth fund , the largest in the world , needs to promote its ethical agenda and exert influence on the companies in which it invests more rigorously , according to a report by the I - Define think tank . The fund is already prohibited from investing in companies producing nuclear weapons or landmines , or in those which over - rely on coal . Amnesty International , Save the Children and seven other NGOs commissioned the report , and said that fund must now “ apply its expectations documents on human rights , children 's rights , climate change , risk management and tax and transparency to itself ” .