Sustainable investment

Sustainable investment is an integral part of our ambition to grow and protect our customer’s assets. Our journey to bring environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) inside our investment processes is key to meet our customers’ demand for investing sustainably. Integrating ESG helps us make better-informed investment decisions and provide our customers with solutions aimed at delivering competitive, long-term performance.

Berit Behring

Head of Large Corporates & Institutions 

Bringing ESG inside the investment processes

For us, sustainable investing is sound investing. Our journey to bring ESG inside our investment processes will help us make better-informed investment decisions. We analyse environmental, social, corporate governance and financial factors, to better understand the companies we invest in; their business models, positions, risks and opportunities. This is not a side issue - it is an integrated part of our processes, products and advisory. We call it ‘ESG Inside’.

Focus on active ownership

It is inside our investment processes where we can make a difference. As investors, we can influence companies to integrate sustainability into their business models, governance and reporting. We can challenge companies on their positions and influence them to address material issues. As investors, we can support companies’ development and growth.

Sustainable investment is about taking responsibility. We believe it is more sustainable to address ESG matters when issues of concern or risks arise, rather than divest from companies and leave problems to be solved by others. Our investment teams are the change agents who can impact how companies address and manage their ESG risks and opportunities.

As long-term investors with in-depth knowledge of the Norwegian stock market, we can leverage active ownership to influence companies and make a difference.

Lars Erik Moen

Senior Portfolio Manager

We believe that companies with high ESG scores or positive ESG score trajectories, should generate higher risk-adjusted returns than those with low scores because these companies should have lower risks related to funding, markets and products.

Andreas Dankel

Chief Portfolio Manager

ESG integration

We integrate ESG into the investment process alongside financial factors to make better-informed investment decisions.
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Active ownership

Direct dialogue and voting at the annual general meetings are important parts of our ability to create long-term value to the companies we invest in and to our customers.
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Screening as a tool

We use screening to apply Group-wide investment restrictions and to identify investment risks related to ESG matters.
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Our sustainable investment strategy and approach

Learn more about our commitment to sustainable investing by reading our policy and find out more about our results and progress in our various reports.
  • 29. jan 2021Active Ownership Report 2020
  • 28. jan 2021Climate - Our Investment Approach
  • 16. okt 2020ESG Screening in investments
  • 24. sep 2020ESG Data Platform
  • 22. sep 2020Danske Bank Investment Restrictions
  • 05. jan 2021Danske Bank Voting Guidelines
  • 28. aug 2020Active Ownership Report H1 2020
  • 26. aug 2020Sustainable Investment Instruction - Active Ownership 2020
  • 23. jun 2020Our Sustainable Investment Journey 2020 English version
  • 19. jun 2020Identifying investment value in ESG data
  • 14. maj 2020In search of quality ESG data - An investment view on corporate sustainability disclosures
  • 24. mar 2020Active Ownership Stories 2020
  • 14. feb 2020Active Ownership Report 2019
  • 10. feb 2021Responsible Investment Policy
  • 07. nov 2019Active Ownership Report - H1 2019
  • 24. maj 2019Our Sustainable Investment Journey 2019
  • 26. feb 2019Lost in Translation - In Search of Authenticity in ESG Integration
  • 21. feb 2019Active Ownership Report 2018