Impact Investing i. When prudent and possible, the Foundation will seek opportunities to collaborate with other investors to invest in corporations, organizations, and other financial initiatives that not only aim at financial return but also actively intend to address the common good, generating positive social and environmental change.
Impact Investing. An approach that seeks investments that deliver social good within our community, as well as competitive financial returns.
Impact Investing. By voting (1) at shareholders’ meetings, the insurer can influence the policy of companies in which climate impact and risks are a factor. The insurer must, of course, decide on its own voting behaviour, which can range from voting against management decisions that erode the value of the investment to introducing or supporting resolutions aimed at reducing the company’s climate risks. The insurer can also join collective climate shareholder resolutions, such as those initiated by Follow This or ShareAction. Engagement (2) on climate change involves the insurer entering into a dialogue with investee companies that do not comply with the insurer’s policy. The aim is for the company to make structural improvements. There are many different ways to achieve effective engagement: • develop engagement activities independently; • join an existing engagement provider; • join an engagement alliance or network, for example PRI, Climate Action 100+ or Follow This.27 In engagement, it is advisable to work with as many like-minded (institutional) investors with regard to one and the same company. The greater the investment capital they represent, the more leverage they will have on the company in question. For more information, 26 An indicator that some insurers use to show a company’s status with regard to energy transition; the insurer considers the company’s investment plans and other factors and then examines whether those plans have been implemented. The data, often quantitative in nature, produce a score that the investor then uses to factor the company’s long-term plans into its assessment. 27 PRI: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/pri/what-are-the-principles-for-responsible-investment Climate Action 100+: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxx000.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/ Follow This: xxxxx://xxxxxx-xxxx.xxx/ ShareAction: xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/agm-activism/ see the Document.28 Examples of engagement questions: • What is the company’s policy on reducing its CO2 emissions? Is this reduction aligned with the Paris climate targets (maximum 2°C and 1.5°C temperature increase)? • Is the company focusing as much as possible on projects using renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels in its future investments? • How is the company/portfolio positioned to achieve the 2°C (or 1.5°C) scenario under the Paris Agreement?? • How is this being evaluated? • Has the company published these reduction targets? If engagement fails to deliver satisfactory results within a reasonable period of time, e.g. three yea...
