Transparency is important. Being open and honest about what you are doing is vital for long-term relationships based on trust - particularly in the financial world. It is important to explain what you are doing, who you are doing it with and why. The recent credit crisis and ongoing uncertainty as to exactly what financial parties are doing and what their liabilities are have shown us how important this is in practice.

PGGM’s tangible, forward-thinking approach encourages pension funds to take the initiative in terms of transparency because we believe that participants are entitled to know how their contributions are being invested.

This means that participants have to be able to understand how investment policies translate into investment portfolios. PGGM also believes it must be able to explain which organizations it works with and what it expects of these parties. Consequently, PGGM has a clear policy on disclosing information for clients.

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1. Importance of transparency – our principles
2. Opportunities to disclose
3. FAQs