Swedbank Robur Sustainable Investments 2021
Swedbank Robur's annual report Sustainable Investments presents how the fund company integrate and work to support and drive sustainability issues in their investments. The report for 2021 shows, among other things, that Swedbank Robur expanded the number of funds secured to be managed in line with the Paris Agreement, launched a new fund focusing on the climate issue and how the work with the implementation of the new EU SFDR* regulations is proceeding.
"We have had since long a strong focus on sustainability, and in particular the climate issue. Our sustainability work is today well integrated into the investment management and our ambition is to continuously develop and refine it over time. We continue to build an ever-higher minimum level of sustainability in all of our fund’s step by step. In 2021, we took several positive steps forward, but at the same time we are humbled that a lot of work remains to be done," says Pia Gisgård, Head of Sustainability and Corporate Governance at Swedbank Robur.
The implementation of the new EU SFDR regulations has continued and Swedbank Robur notes that it is well in phase also for future parts. In principle, all the company's funds are classified as "light green", except for two that are "dark green" and one fixed income fund as "other".
In 2020, Swedbank Robur launched its first funds, Access Edge, secured to be managed in line with the Paris Agreement, and in 2021 it secured the share capital of the Transfer** generation funds. To meet customers' demand for savings with the climate issue in focus, the new fund Climate Impact was also launched.
During the previous year, the fund company has been active in several international cooperation initiatives, including Finance for Biodiversity Pledge, Access to Medicine and Net Zero Asset Managers.
"Cooperation is a key factor in a sustainable transition, and we strive to be active participants in various forums. In several of them, we are engaged in working groups to develop standards and frameworks. Within the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, we did, among other things, a review of our previous work, set new climate sub-targets and also published a plan for how we will reach net zero, says Pia Gisgård.
Within the framework of the corporate governance work, Swedbank Robur reports that during the year it has participated in 111 nomination committees, voted at 786 general meetings and contacted 1155 companies on corporate governance and sustainability issues.
In connection with the report Swedbank Robur Sustainable Investments 2021, the Corporate Governance Report 2021 (previously "Application of principles for shareholder engagement) is also published.
More information:
Sustainable investments 2021 (link)
Corporate Governance 2021 (link)
Swedbank Robur Roadmap to net zero (link)
Contact:
Carina Sesser Nylund, Press manager, Swedbank Robur ph. +46 72 230 52 64
*EU SFDR, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, is a regulation aimed at redirecting the flow of capital towards sustainable financing.
**Calculated on the data available for equities and bonds.
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Swedbank Robur is a wholly owned subsidiary to Swedbank and active in Swedbank´s four home markets. Swedbank Robur was founded in 1967 and offers more than 80 mutual funds, institutional and discretionary asset management and management of pension funds. The number of customers is 3 million in Sweden and 1 million in the Baltic countries. Total assets under management are approximately SEK 2000 billion (Dec 31, 2021). Swedbank Robur’s vision is to become a world leader in sustainable value creation.