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Diversity Project Europe Since 2021 NAM has been a part of Diversity Project UK which is a cross-company initiative championing a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive UK investment and savings industry. The project is a non-profit organisation structured with a board, advisory council and steering group. Kasper Elmgreen, CIO of Fixed Income & Equities, has taken a seat in the advisory council which is a group responsible for defining and setting out the strategy of the project. Farm Animal Investments Risk and Return (FAIRR) We’ve joined the FAIRR’s collaborative investor engagement on sustainable proteins which asked a number of global food companies to diversify their protein sources to drive growth, increase profitability, reduce risk exposure, and improve their ability to compete and innovate in a resource-constrained world. Finance for Biodiversity Pledge The Finance for Biodiversity Pledge is a commitment of 84 financial institution, representing € 12.6 trillion in AuM, to protect and restore biodiversity through their finance activities and investments. The Pledge consists of 5 steps financial institutions promise to take: 1. Collaborating and sharing knowledge, 2. Engaging with companies, 3. Assessing impact, 4. Setting targets, and 5. Reporting publicly on the above before 2025. Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) convenes impact investors to facilitate knowledge exchange, highlighting innovative investment approaches, building the evidence base for the industry and producing valuable tools and resources.
events to increase the share of capital delivering measurable social and environmental impact.
Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change provides investors with a collaborative platform to encourage public policies, investment practices and corporate conduct that address long-term risks and opportunities associated with climate change. Institutional Owners Association (Sweden) The Institutional Owners' Association (IÄF) was formed in 2003 and is a collaboration between Swedish institutional owners. IÄF is a non-profit association with the purpose of safeguarding the interests of its members as institutional owners of the Swedish stock market by promoting a good development of self-regulation in the stock market. This is primarily done by the IÄF participating in the Swedish stock market's self-regulatory bodies in appropriate forms and, where appropriate, appointing or nominating persons to be members of the board of directors or participate in other activities. International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) The International Corporate Governance Network's mission is to promote effective standards of corporate governance and investor stewardship to advance efficient markets and sustainable economies worldwide. Investor Action on Antimicrobial Resistance (IAAMR) Investor Action on Antimicrobial Resistance is a coalition between the Access to Medicine Foundation, the FAIRR Initiative, the Principles for Responsible Investment and the UK Government Department of Health and Social Care to galvanise investor efforts to address global antimicrobial resistance. Investor Alliance for Human Rights (IAHR) We are a member of this investor initiative, with more than 210 invetsors, focusing on the investor responsibility to respect human rights, corporate engagements that drive responsible business conduct, and standard-setting activities that push for robust business and human rights policies. The collaborative invetsor engagement is based on the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) assessments. Nordea was a funding and steering committe member of the CHRB between 2016-2020 and is a lead investor of the invetsor intitiative together with Aviva and APG. Investor Initiative on Hazardous Chemicals (IIHC) The Investor Initiative on Hazardous Chemicals (IIHC) is an investor- led initiative that encourages chemical companies to increase trans- parency and stop the production of persistent chemicals. The aim of the IIHC is to reduce adverse impacts from hazardous chemicals and thereby exposure to the financial risks to which they are linked. Cecilia Fryklöf, our Climate & Nature head, is member of the Steering Committee of the Investor Initiative on Hazardous Chemicals (IIHC – supported by ChemSec). Investor Leadership Network (ILN) The Investor Leadership Network aim is to facilitate and accelerate collaboration by leading institutional investors to drive the transi- tion to a sustainable and inclusive global economy. As the leading network of investors taking action for people, planet and pros- perity, the CEO-led group is composed of 13 global institutional investors representative of six countries, with over US$10 trillion in assets under management.
Guidance of Responsible Investment in Defence We are members of the steering committee of this
multistakeholder initiative aiming at the development, promotion and adoption of an internationally recognised and credible set of Guidance for Responsible Investment in Defence-related companies supported by practical implementation tools. Hållbart Värdeskapande (Sustainable Value creation) Hållbart värdeskapande, is a collaborative initiative between Swedens largets investors which was inititiated already in 2009. The overall aim has been to acknowledge the importance of enhancing listed companies sustainability agenda and practicies. IFRS Sustainability Alliance (ISSB; SASB and TCFD) We are founding member of the ISSB Investor Advisory Group (IIAG) - previously SASB’s Investor Advisory Group (IAG) - and our head of Responsible Investments is currently member of the IIAG. As part of this work we lead disclosure engagements with companies, and demonstrate how SASB standards are used by investors in different forms. In addition, we are an official supporter of TCFD which provides a foundation for climate-related financial disclosures for all companies, aimed at encouraging companies to report on the climate-related risks and opportunities that are relevant to their business activities. Impact Finance Belgium Impact Finance Belgium is a Belgian membership association (founded in 2023) that brings together investors, foundations, banks, and public actors to grow impact investing in Belgium. It doesn’t invest itself; instead it mobilizes and coordinates the eco- system through research, policy advocacy, working groups, and
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