Memberships and awards

A collaboration, organised by the Council on Ethics of the Swedish AP Funds (AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4), assembling a group of institutional investors with EUR 7.3 trillion in combined assets under management. In a planned three-year program launched in March 2023, the initiative will collaboratively engage major technology companies, aiming to strengthen their management of human rights risks and impacts. 

The primary goal is to ensure that the companies take concrete measures to address operational and human rights risks pertaining to their products and business model, and to encourage more transparent reporting on the related impacts and efforts. The collaboration’s activities and results will be publicly reported.

Climate Action 100+ is an investor initiative to ensure that the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change.

The FAIIR Initiative is a collaborative investor network that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities brought about by intensive livestock production.

At UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, over 30 financial institutions signed a joint commitment to eliminate commodity-driven deforestation from their investment portfolios by 2025. The signatory group, supported by the High-Level Climate Champions and an advisory group of NGOs, cooperate on methodology development, alignment with other initiatives, engagement with companies and data providers, as well as on recruitment of signatories.

At UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, over 30 financial institutions signed a joint commitment to eliminate commodity-driven deforestation from their investment portfolios by 2025. The signatory group, supported by the High-Level Climate Champions and an advisory group of NGOs, cooperate on methodology development, alignment with other initiatives, engagement with companies and data providers, as well as on recruitment of signatories.

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) is a global coalition of leading financial institutions committed to accelerating the decarbonization of the economy.

The Green Bond Principles (GBP) seek to support issuers in financing environmentally sound and sustainable projects that foster a net-zero emissions economy and protect the environment.

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is the European membership body for investor collaboration on climate change and the voice of investors taking action for a prosperous, low carbon future. IIGCC has more than 350 members, mainly pension funds and asset managers, across 23 countries, with over €51 trillion in assets under management. The leading global investor membership body and the largest one focusing specifically on climate change.

The Investor Alliance for Human Rights is a collective action platform for responsible investment that is grounded in respect for people's fundamental rights.

In July 2020, Storebrand Asset Management initiated and established The Investors Policy Dialogue (IPDD), a collaborative investor led initiative to engage with public agencies and industry associations in selected countries on the issue of deforestation. The objective of the initiative is to mitigate the risk to investors posed by the increasing rates of deforestation around the globe.

In 2023 a group of investors has made a collective call to oil & gas companies to commit to spefic aspects of dialogue with stakeholders impacted by the low carbon transition, and set and publish time-bound targets for aciton on the issues.

The Montreal Carbon Pledge is an environmental initiative launched by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) project under the United Nations (UN). Its purpose is to encourage investment management firms to monitor and disclose the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios. By signing the Montréal Carbon Pledge, Storebrand as an investor have committed to measuring and publicly disclosing the carbon footprint of our investments on an annual basis.

The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative is an international group of asset managers committed, consistent with their fiduciary duty to their clients and beneficiaries, to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius; and to supporting investing aligned with net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner.

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We are a founding member of the alliance of some of the world's largest pension funds and insurance companies, which has committed to a net carbon-free investment portfolio by 2050. 

The Platform Living Wage Financials (PLWF) is an unprecedented alliance of 15 financial institutions that encourages and monitors investee companies to address the non-payment of living wage in global supply chains. As an investor coalition with over €2.6 trillion of Assets Under Management and advice, we use our influence and leverage to engage with our investee companies

The Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC) is a multi-stakeholder initiative by the UN Finance initiative that will drive GHG emissions reductions on the ground by mobilizing a critical mass of institutional investors committed to gradually decarbonizing their portfolios.

A global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities. The PSI initiative is the largest collaborative initiative between the UN and the insurance industry.

The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative is an UN-convened global community focused on the intersection between private finance and ocean health, supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) drives ambitious climate action in the private sector by enabling organizations to set science-based emissions reduction targets. Storebrand has committed to setting Science Based Targets aligned with a 1,5-degree scenario.

Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Forum (TNFD) aims to develop and deliver a risk management and disclosure framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks. The Taskforce consists of 34 individual Taskforce Members representing financial institutions, corporates and market service providers with US$19.4trn in assets. Storebrand is one of a few Nordic representatives in the forum. https://tnfd.global/

Among “Most Sustainable Companies” 

This June Storebrand was list 41st in the world, and first among the Norwegian companies assessed, in TIME magazine’s “World Most Sustainable Companies of 2024”. The list, assembled by TIME and the data firm Statista, is based on a rigorous methodology, that assesses 500 major global companies on approach to, and results, within sustainable business. 

Tobacco Free Finance Pledge aims to inform, prioritise, and advance tobacco-free finance. It builds on key global finance initiatives such as the Investor Statement in Support of World No Tobacco Day, produced in 2017 by the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UN Environment Programme Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) and Tobacco Free Portfolios. Storebrand is one of 193 signatories of the pledge.

We support and take an active part in the UN's financial initiatives. The goal is for sustainable considerations to be part of all financial decisions that are made.

United Nations Global Compact is the world's largest initiative to promote sustainability commercially. It is a voluntary initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support the United Nations goals. Storebrand has been an active member of the United Nations Global Compact since 2000 and support their ten principles.

PRI is the world's most important network of investors who work for six basic principles for responsible investments. The members of the network manage a total of 90,000 billion dollars in capital.

Learn more on Penions for Purpose's website.

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