In the autumn of 2018, several cases of sexual harassment were discovered by the internet giant Google.
48 employees, of which a dozen managers, were laid off.
But the New York Times revealed that several of them received large sums in severance pay.
Following the scandal, the Seventh AP Fund decided to sue Google's parent company.
Millions of Swedes have parts of their state pension with the fund, and one of their largest shareholdings is Google's parent company Alphabet.
Today, the two parties reached a settlement.
"Taken it to the highest level"
Alphabet agrees to spend $ 310 million, approximately SEK 2.8 billion, on various workplace initiatives and programs with a focus on diversity, justice and inclusion.
A council of external experts is established, and special board committees are to ensure that the management works against sexual harassment.
Rickard Gröttheim thinks the deal is a success.
- It has been raised to the highest level, so I think it will lead to improvements, he says.
Sued Facebook
This is not the first time that AP7 has sued larger companies.
- We use legal proceedings in some cases to get companies to improve their way of acting.
There have been about 15 different cases over the years, says Gröttheim.
An earlier such case was when the fund sued Facebook because the company's management and board tried to issue a new share class - without voting rights.
In practice, Mark Zuckerberg would have been impossible to replace.
The lawsuit ended with Facebook withdrawing plans.