a.s.r. again leading as number one insurance company worldwide in ESG Risk Rating by Sustainalytics
Sustainalytics has proclaimed a.s.r. as most sustainable insurer worldwide as announced in September 2022, following the number one rating of a.s.r. in July 2021. With this score a.s.r. tops the list of the 291 insurers considered worldwide and ranks within the 1% most sustainable companies of all industries considered in the world.
Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company, measures how well a company manages its financially material ESG-risks (Environmental Social Governance), relative to peers. This gives the company an assessment of the ESG risks within individual companies.
This assessment takes into account a.s.r.’s sustainability policy, how this policy is applied in practice and how it is integrated into the service provision. The approach to risks is also assessed, looking at both climate risks and, for example, risks related to data privacy and cybersecurity.
Sustainalytics classifies a company in a score category based on their ESG risk rating, ranging from; negligible, to low, medium, high and severe risk. Each company taken into account receives an average rating ranging from 0 to 100, whereby the lowest score stands for the best rating (“negligible risk”), meaning the lowest ESG risk.
According to Sustainalytics, a.s.r. has a negligible risk for several ESG criteria relevant to insurers, including Data Privacy and Security, Human Capital Issues, Business Ethics and the integration of ESG in insurance products and the managed investment offering. Only two of the 291 insurers covered worldwide received such an outstanding rating in the September update of 2022.
For more information on the rating of Sustainalytics: ESG rating a.s.r. by Sustainalytics.
About Sustainalytics
Sustainalytics, a Morningstar Company, provides high-quality, analytical environmental, social and governance (ESG) research, ratings and data to institutional investors and companies. For more than 25 years, the firm has focused on delivering innovative solutions that have enabled the world’s leading institutional investors to identify, understand, and manage ESG-driven risks and opportunities. With Sustainalytics now a part of Morningstar, they are accelerating their efforts to bring meaningful ESG insights to investors of all types across different asset classes at the company and fund level. Sustainalytics’ Corporate Solutions unit works with hundreds of companies and their financial intermediaries to help them consider sustainability in policies, practices and capital projects.
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18 Apr 2024500 a.s.r. employees roll up their sleeves on first “Doenkracht Donderdag”Across the Netherlands, 500 a.s.r. employees will participate in activities on Thursday, April 18, during Doenkracht Donderdag (“Doenkracht Thursday”). On this day, employees will step away from their usual tasks and wholeheartedly engage in volunteer work across 6 of a.s.r.’s 7 business cities. a.s.r.’s social organisation, Doenkracht, collaborates with various organisations in and around these cities that can benefit from external help. This initiative marks the first time a.s.r. is organising such an event, drawing inspiration from Aegon Nederland, which previously introduced Vrijwilligerswerk Vrijdag (“Volunteering on Friday”). The commitment to community activities aligns with a.s.r.’s mission to empower individuals in the Netherlands to make informed financial decisions, fostering greater financial awareness, savvy, and resilience.
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16 Apr 2024a.s.r. to hold Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 29 May 2024Today, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) is publishing the convocation and the accompanying documents for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) that is scheduled for Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 10:00 a.m. The AGM will be held on that day at the office of a.s.r. in Utrecht.
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15 Apr 2024The a.s.r. Vitality health programme is available to all pension, healthcare and income protection customers of a.s.r. and Loyalisa.s.r. Vitality will be available from 1 January 2025 to all customers with healthcare, income protection or pension insurance of a.s.r. or Loyalis, without paying a separate contribution for this. In this way, a.s.r. hopes to lower the threshold to participate in the programme.