a.s.r.’s Responsible Investment Policy Highly Rated
In the eighth update of the policy research by the Fair Insurance Guide, which assesses the investment policies of Dutch insurers, a.s.r. ranks first with a score of 8.3. a.s.r. scores the maximum number of points (10) on 3 out of the 10 social themes.
The Fair Insurance Guide (EV) report of November 2024 evaluates the sustainability policies of sixteen insurers in the Netherlands on ten social themes. The biennial policy update of the EV has been further refined; the number of themes, sectors, and aspects of business operations being assessed has been reduced from 14 to 10.
a.s.r. scores in this publication as follows: 1 six (Animal Welfare), 2 sevens (Climate Change and Transparency and Accountability), 3 eights (Labor Rights, Taxes, and Gender Equality), 1 nine (Corruption), and 3 tens (Human Rights, Nature, and Weapons). This brings a.s.r.’s average score to 8.3. As in previous assessments, a.s.r. shows (one of) the highest scores among the 16 insurers surveyed. Achmea also scores an 8.3 in this publication, placing a.s.r. and Achmea in a shared first place.
Compared to the policy assessment in 2022, most insurance groups achieve better scores in the current policy assessment. The average scores of the 15 insurers that were also assessed in 2022 have increased from 5.0 to 6.0, measured across the ten themes evaluated in this update.
In this study, only policy documents published by the insurance groups before June 1, 2024, were assessed. New policies formulated and/or published after this date were not included in this assessment.
The Fair Insurance Guide
The Fair Insurance Guide is a collaboration between five social organizations: Amnesty International, Milieudefensie, Oxfam Novib, PAX, and World Animal Protection. The Fair Insurance Guide, together with the Fair Bank Guide (EB) and the Fair Pension Guide (EP), is part of the Fair Money Guide: www.eerlijkegeldwijzer.nl. The Fair Insurance Guide, along with its sister organizations in the Fair Money Guide, is part of Fair Finance International (FFI), an international collaboration of non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
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23 Dec 2024a.s.r. celebrates fifth consecutive year of recognition in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexa.s.r. has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World Index) for the fifth time and in the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index (DJSI Europe Index) for the fourth time. These indices monitor companies on a global and European level in terms of sustainability.
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19 Dec 2024Pension benefits SPT to transfer to a.s.r.ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) and the Pensionfund for Dentists and Dental-specialists (SPT, Stichting Pensioenfonds Tandartsen en Tandarts-Specialisten) have agreed to transfer SPT's defined benefit pensions to a.s.r. subsidiary Aegon Levensverzekering N.V. The decision by SPT and the transfer of the defined benefit pension entitlements to a.s.r. is subject to the approval of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB).
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12 Dec 2024Share buyback programme of € 100 million in own shares completedOn 7 November 2024, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) announced a share buyback program of € 100 million in own shares following the successful completion of the sale of Knab to BAWAG. The buyback program was completed on December 11, 2024.