Responsible investment

More about responsible investment of Philips Pensioenfonds

Read all information about the ESG policy of the Fund

In short

Important information about the responsible investment policy

Philips Pensioenfonds has an influence on society through its investments, both positively and negatively. Society also influences the value of our investments. The policy for socially responsible investment describes how we deal with this when choosing investments and how we take care of the investments. 

Responsible choices

What do we and don't invest in?

Philips Pensioenfonds makes conscious 'responsible' choices in the new policy. For example, by recording in what type of companies we do not want to invest. But also by investing part of the portfolio in companies that can make a positive contribution to themes such as 'health and well-being' and 'responsible consumption and production'. Finally, it is examined whether sustainability aspects influence the risk and return of our investments.

Take care of our investments

Monitoring, Dialogue and voting policy

As an investor, we believe that we should also manage our investments responsibly, in other words: we should 'take good care' of our investments. This is also called 'stewardship'. Philips Pensioenfonds is convinced that this is good for society and for the value of the investments. This means that we not only monitor our investments on the return to be achieved, but also on social aspects. It also means that we enter into dialogue (dialogue) with companies in which we invest and exercise our influence through our voting policy.

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)

Sustainablity related Information

Philips Pensioenfonds promotes Environmental and Social characteristics and classifies as article 8 under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). These regulations provide standards for communicating about the sustainability characteristics of financial products. 

UNPRI & international guidelines

Subscribed to overall initiatives

Philips Pensioenfonds subscribes to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), to underline the importance of incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the pension fund’s investment policy.

Our policy is in line with international guidelines for corporate social responsibility (CSR). We follow the guidelines as laid down in the so-called Global Compact principles, the OECD guidelines and the UNGPs.