Our In house Sustainable Investment team performs annual analyses of
- The most important ESG international trends, based on literature review
- The KPI's used (E,S and G) used in company SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) analyses. The company SDG analyses conducted in addition to Sustainalytics ESG score are the basis for the internal Sustainability rating of 0-100.
External financial research providers only occasionally review the potential significance of ESG issues.
The Norwegian equities team performs an ongoing analyses of portfolio companies, primarily on corporate governance issues.
The ESG ratings are readily available to all fund managers in their internal data systems and are used actively in investment decision making.