Responsible investments

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

Socially Responsible Investment is an investment strategy that aims for solid financial returns while at the same time taking into account companies' ethical performance.

At Storebrand we seek to avoid investing in companies that employ unethical practices and to influence all companies to make constant improvements. To achieve this we have introduced Storebrand's "Group Standard for Responsible Investments"

Storebrand's Group Standard

We avoid investing in companies that are involved in

• Serious Human Rights violations
• Grand Corruption
• Serious Climate and Environmental damage
• The production of Cluster Munitions, Landmines or Nuclear weapons
• The production of Tobacco

In addition we will not invest in companies that score among the worst 10% in Social Responsibility in high risk industries, or in companies that take inadequate climate measures in high emissions industries.

Storebrand's Group Standard applies to all funds and portfolios. As of Q2 2010, 99 companies were excluded from investments at Storebrand.

Since our first experience with Environmental Investments in 1995, our SRI department has developed solid analytical methods to identify the best performing companies within Social Responsibility. Today we monitor almost 4000 companies.

Our goal is to achieve best possible financial returns but not at any price. In our experience Ethical standards do not reduce returns.