A group of 36 financial institutions, representing over EUR 3.3 trillion of combined assets, have released a new joint statement urging governments to protect the ocean and not proceed with deep-sea mining until the environmental, social and economic risks are comprehensively understood, and alternatives to deep-sea minerals have been fully explored.
Storebrand Asset Management recognized net revenue of NOK 483 million for the second quarter of 2023. Overall, results in the quarter were impacted by positively trending markets and the weakening of the NOK against most currencies. In the quarter, we experienced inflows totalling NOK 10billion, ending the period with NOK 1143 billion in Assets under Management, an increase of NOK 124 billion.
Storebrand Asset Management, AkademikerPension, APG & statement after Toyota AGM 2023 - Responding to the climate lobbying vote results We are glad to see so many investors supporting our resolution on disclosure of Toyota’s lobbying activities. The high backing should serve as a clear wake up call for the company to focus on being competitive in the transition to the net zero society instead
A group of investors comprising of Storebrand Asset Management, Man Group, Corporate Action Japan (CAJ) and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), has been co-engaging with Nippon Steel in recent months with a focus on enhancements to decarbonisation.
Today, three shareholders are announcing that they have filed a climate lobbying-related resolution for Toyota Motor Corporation’s Annual General Meeting (June date TBC). The filing comes after a long period of active engagement led by Danish pension fund, AkademikerPension (US$20 bn in AUM), along with Norwegian financial services company, Storebrand Asset Management (US$120 bn in AUM), and Dutch
"Our sustainability position and multi-boutique business model have been important to our growth and positive institutional inflows. In the current investment climate of persistently high interest and inflation rates, the importance of building a resilient portfolio with diversified assets is underlined." - Jan Erik Saugestad CEO Storebrand Asset Management.
Storebrand Infrastructure Fund is pleased to announce the acquisition of an equity stake in He Dreiht, a construction-ready 960 MW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Storebrands strategic infrastructure partner, AIP, has formed a consortium with Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) and Norges Bank (NBIM) acquiring 49.9% of the project.
Storebrand Asset Management continues to expand in the Nordics and strengthens its Real Estate team with the hire of two senior Portfolio Managers and a senior analyst.
Storebrand Asset Management recognized net revenue of NOK 576 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, including performance revenues realized at year end. During the quarter, we generated net inflows of NOK 8 billion, ending the period with NOK 1020 billion in Assets under Management (AuM), a net decline of NOK 77 billion or 7% in 2022.
Storebrand has had its emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Storebrand has been assessed by the renowned Dow Jones Sustainability Index as one of the world's leading listed companies in work with sustainability.
"More than half of the world’s total GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services. Yet, the value of nature and “ecosystem services” has been largely unacknowledged by companies and their investors. This is despite the fact that failure to act could result in collapsing food systems, loss of livelihoods and pose a systemic risk to the global economy"
