The Swedish insurance company SPP uses an internal sustainability analysis as a key parameter for including new funds in the selection presented to their customers. They also take great care to help customers choose the most sustainable funds to include in their portfolio. SPP is one of the top insurance companies in our 2023 report “Sustainable unit-linked insurances”.

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Every year, Söderberg & Partners evaluate Sweden’s 13 biggest providers of unit-linked insurance — insurance that allows long-time investment of your occupational pension, with a range of different funds to choose from — to determine how well they integrate sustainability into their offerings. The companies are given a green, yellow, red, or grey score, where green is the best and red is the worst. A grey score means that the company’s model differs too much from the other companies in the analysis, meaning that it can’t be evaluated in all four criteria and therefore get a grey total score. This year, we had 4 companies reach a green score when considering all criteria (up from 3 in 2022).
Our analysis to determine the top companies offering unit-linked insurance looks at four areas: Sustainability in the selection of funds, engagement work, communication and transparency, and supply of funds. At SPP, fund managers are expected to have a goal of climate-neutral investing by 2050, and to take steps towards meeting that goal already today, or face consequences for their unwillingness to be more sustainable. SPP is also in active dialogue with their fund managers to ensure that they understand the importance of phasing out investments in fossil fuels and deforestation.
In terms of fund selection, SPP provides plenty of information to its customers. For example, they display the sustainability score of their funds, based on the sustainability score of the individual companies included in each fund. They also provide a wide range of funds that get a green score in our sustainability analysis. Overall, SPP does a lot to make it easy for their customers to find good and sustainable funds where they can invest their pension money, and for that, they have received a green score in our analysis.
Read the full report (in Swedish):
Söderberg & Partners Hållbara Fondförsäkringar 2023
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/418617392/


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Great! Businesses that are sustainable, produce profits over the short & long terms, while also adding value to society and abiding by environmental regulations.
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It's great to see SPP taking the initiative to ensure that their funds are sustainable and that customers have the opportunity to choose the most sustainable options.
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Great job SPP! Looking forward to hearing about your work at Stockholm Climate Week
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Wow. They have very great measures to influence climate restoration actions.
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Well that's a lovely step taken there