Sustainable investment management
We recognize that the world faces challenges regarding sustainability. We take a balanced position on this issue. We take steps to have a positive impact on the environment by explicitly considering sustainability in the execution of portfolio management and fiduciary advice in consultation with the pension fund clients with whom we partner to meaningfully integrate sustainability into policy and execution.
The focus is on adding real value by making impactful sustainable asset management decisions. Through asset management advisory and execution, we are committed to enabling the growth of sustainable businesses, which we believe are vital to improving the environment. At the same time, we understand that the transition to a truly sustainable society also means investing in more traditional sectors to safeguard participants' pensions.
When providing asset management advice and execution, we pay attention to sustainability. When selecting and monitoring all asset management mandates, we take into account the various sustainability themes that our pension fund clients consider important. It is important that sustainability is part of the corporate culture of the asset managers where (parts of) the asset management are outsourced. For this reason, whenever an asset management mandate is selected, we consider whether asset managers comply with laws and regulations (SFDR) and generally accepted sustainability principles (UN Global Compact).
When executing asset management, we can fully tailor specific sustainability considerations of our clients because we have our own in-house portfolio management. This means we are able to implement virtually any policy.