Voting Matters - taking responsibility as a critical shareholder
As the 2023 AGM season starts, our voting and shareholder engagement are reinforcing each other, says Rogier Snijdewind.
Our insights
Here we are pleased to demonstrate how we try to find an answer to all these questions, what dilemmas we face in doing so, the results we achieve, and where we could possibly encounter difficulties. We share the lessons we learn, the new insights we gain and, above all, we look towards the future.
Our articles
PGGM votes for climate proposal at BP AGM
PGGM will vote in favour of a climate-related shareholder resolution filed by Follow This at the AGM of BP plc, which calls for a Paris-aligned mid-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target
The EU Green Bond Standard: targeted investment in sustainable activities
The European Union was the first to lay down rules for green bonds in February 2022. A good development, according to senior investment managers Wilfried Bolt and Jesus Martinez. 'The standard enables us to efficiently and effectively allocate the participants’ money to activities that lead to real sustainability.'
EU Green Bond Standard leads to more green investments
The new EU Green Bond Standard has great potential to steer investments more confidently towards sustainable technologies and businesses, according to Wilfried Bolt, Brenda Kramer and Wouter ten Cate.
2025 EPBD: a game changer for EU real estate
Andrea Palmer and Stan Bertram describe five reasons how the new EU Directive could transform real estate
Food for thought: investing in biologicals
Modern generations of agricultural biologicals could be a promising and sustainable solution for growing enough food for the world’s population, thinks Marek Troszczynski van Genderen.
Green securitisation: it’s all about the data
‘Greenness’ in Credit Risk Sharing transactions comes down to the availability of high-quality ESG data.
The next chapter in Access to Medicine
PGGM aims to enhance both access and affordability of medicines through various ways, such as investing in companies that are contributing to having a positive impact on SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) and by running a dedicated Access to Healthcare engagement program with investee companies.