Ecological footprint

Our sponsor has developed its own climate change policy with an ambition to achieve net-zero emissions from its investments by 2050.

Robeco’s quantitatively managed investment funds have an explicit objective to achieve a footprint lower than the benchmark. This involves looking at scopes 1, 2 and 3 upstream. The abrdn Euro Corporate Bond Fund aims for a 10% reduction in carbon intensity (carbon intensity). The selection of managers actively considers whether they are in dialogue with companies that are lagging behind in taking steps to reduce emissions.

The pension fund has a significantly lower footprint compared to the fund’s benchmark. Aggregated, we see that the footprint is 16% lower than the benchmark (96.4 versus 114.8). We also see a clear difference between the footprint in developed and emerging markets.

Note that ecological footprints are retrospective in nature. While it is a good indicator of transition risk, it does not say everything. It does not take into account any steps companies have announced to reduce emissions.