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Contributing to people and the environment

As a large global investor, we have the capital and network to influence the companies we invest in. We do this with a focus on return, risk, and sustainability, which we call 3D investing.

With the assets we manage, we can harness the power of capital to create a more livable and sustainable world. By investing in solutions to societal challenges, we aim to generate returns while contributing to a more sustainable and livable world where our clients’ participants can receive their pensions.

Positive Contribution
Through capital allocation, active ownership, and deliberate design of our investment universe, we strive to align our investment portfolio increasingly with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To make our clients' investments in SDGs transparent and comparable to those of other investors, we worked with APG in 2016 to standardize investments that contribute to SDGs: Sustainable Development Investments (SDIs). We implement this via the SDI-AOP platform. You can view the taxonomy to determine whether an investment contributes to an SDG here.
Additionally, we are focused on aligning our investment portfolio with companies actively working to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement.

Impact Investments
Beyond making a positive contribution, we also aim to increase our tangible impact through impact investing. These impact investments are designed to generate not only financial returns but also a positive, measurable impact on people and/or the environment. We focus on specific impact goals in key areas: climate, people & health, and nature & biodiversity. We use the Theory of Change (ToC) as a framework for our impact investments. A ToC shows in advance how a company or organization contributes to the impact goal and what our role is. The purpose of a ToC is to ensure that the impact we claim is measurable and directly linked to the actions of the companies we invest in.