Memberships and awards

We have been recognized for our pledges and commitment to sustainable investment.

Committed to action

Storebrand is a signatory to several international and national-level commitments aimed at advancing sustainable development, including the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) and the UN Global Compact.

Demonstrating our commitment to action, we have been honoured to receive several awards and recognitions for our work in the field of sustainable investments.

 

 

Our sustainability journey

Sustainability timeline

 

Selected memberships and awards

Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Ranked top 10% most sustainable listed company globally.

Corporate Knights

Included in Corporate Knights Global 100 and ranked number two in the insurance category.

GRESB

Real estate portfolio awarded 5 of 5 GRESB stars, top 20% globally. 

UN PRI

We are signatories of UN Principles for Responsible Investment

UN Global Compact

Member of UN Global Compact since July 2000
 

Science Based Targets

Storebrand committed to reduce Scope 1-2 GHG emissions by 52% by 2030

Our international initiatives and credentials
 

(in alphabetical order)

  • Access To Medicine
  • Access To Nutrition Index
  • Ceres - Investor Water Hub
  • Climate Action 100+

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

  • Corporate Knights Global 100
  • Don't Bank on the Bomb
  • Dow Jones Sustainability Index
  • EFAMA - Code of external governance
  • Equileap
  • FAIIR Initiative

    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.

  • Fair Finance Guide / Etisk Bankguide
  • Finance for Biodiversity Pledge

    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.

  • Finance Sector Commitment on Eliminating Commodity-Driven Deforestation

    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.

  • FTSE4Good
  • GISD - Global Investors for Sustainable Development
  • Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

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

  • Global Compact
  • Green Bond Principles (GBP)

    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.

  • GRI
  • ICAN
  • Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCCs)

    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.

  • Investor Alliance for Human Rights

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

  • Investor Policy Dialogue on Deforestation (IPDD)

    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.

  • Know-the-chain
  • Montreal Carbon Pledge

    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.

  • Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

    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. 

  • Platform for Living Wages Financials

    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

  • Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC)

    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.

  • Principles of Sustainable Insurance (PSI)

    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.

  • Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative

    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

  • Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

    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.

  • Sustainable Brand Leaders
  • Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Forum (TNFD)

    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/

  • Tobacco Free Finance Pledge

    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.

  • Transparency International
  • UNEP Finance Initiative

    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.

  • UN Global Compact

    UN 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 UN goals. Storebrand has been an active member of the UN Global Compact since 2000 and support their ten principles.

  • UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI)

    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.

  • Women's Empowerment Principles (WEP)
  • WWF
  • InvestorStatement for a Just Transition

    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.

Our regional initiatives and credentials
 

(in alphabetical order)

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