Head of Investment, Dr. Michael Viehs Senior Vice President, Credit Research, Katherine Collins Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Dan Bienvenue A total of 44 firms, accounting for more than $33trn in assets under management, now serve as IAG members. Fidelity Investments PIMCO SASB Standards are developed based on extensive feedback from companies, investors, and other market participants as part of a transparent, publicly-documented process. Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Group RPMI Railpen London May 22, 2019 – Franklin Templeton today announced that it has joined the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Investor Advisory Group (), a group of leading asset owners and managers that are committed to improving sustainability-related disclosures to investors. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Legal & General Investment Management America. Managing Director and Head of ESG Investing, Alex Doñé 204 institutional investors —representing $61T AUM and 21 countries —support SASB and/or use SASB Standards to inform their investment decision-making. Manager, Fixed Income. Wells Fargo Asset Management Senior Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Equity, Akifumi Kai Head of Investment Stewardship & ESG, John Goldstein Chief Fiduciary Officer, Michael Marshall Co-Head and Chief Investment Officer, Solutions & Multi-Asset Group, Joseph V. Amato Investor support of SASB comes in many forms, including the Investor Advisory Group, the SASB Alliance, and licensing. Head of Sustainability, North America, Andrew Howard Inclusive Capital Partners Breckinridge Capital Advisors BlackRock Northern Trust Asset Management © 2021 GlobeNewswire, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Both these announcements, made at the IAG’s meeting in London today, reflect the growing relevance of SASB’s sustainability accounting standards for global institutional investors, with the addition of new representation from Canada, France, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom. Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investors, Christopher Greenwald A total of 44 firms, accounting for more than $33 trillion in assets under management, now serve as IAG members. IAG members recognize the SASB Standards as being globally applicable as part of a core set of company ESG disclosures and ask issuers to use SASB Standards in disclosures to investors. At SASB, we frequently hear misconceptions about our standards, including misconceptions about who uses them and how to use them. Norges Bank Investment Management Chief Investment Officer, Scott Zdrazil Luxembourg, 28 April 2020. Wespath Investment Management A total of 44 firms, accounting for more than $33 trillion in assets under management, now serve as IAG members. This is a group of leading asset owners and managers committed to improving sustainability-related disclosures to investors. Global Head of ESG and Risk, Margaret Childe Managing Director, Compliance and Sustainable Investing, Eva Zlotnicka SASB established its Investor Advisory Group in late 2016 to provide investor feedback and guidance to the organisation, and to demonstrate investor support for standardised, investor-focused sustainability disclosure. "ATP is glad to join SASB's Investor Advisory Group to contribute with our experience and to show our support for SASB's further development," said Christian Kjær, ATP's Head of Liquid Markets. Today, expectations of a wide range of investors for higher quality sustainability data is also growing, resulting in a need for tools through which companies can better translate their work on sustainability into a language and format more usable to investors across asset classes and strategies. BCI (British Columbia Investment Management Corporation) Vice President, ESG | Public Markets, Michelle Edkins Director of Research, Jennifer Wu We are grateful for their support.”, “Our mission is to safeguard and build wealth for future generations,” noted Carine Smith Ihenacho, Norges Bank Investment Management’s Chief Corporate Governance Officer. Dr. Steffen Hörter We urge for standardized, concrete and relevant sustainability data and we ask companies to go from words to numbers – because what gets measured gets managed. Boston Trust Walden Sign up today for your free Reader Account! For more information on these working groups, please contact: [email protected]. SASB Standards are important tools for improving price discovery and valuations across asset classes and global capital markets. BlackRock Legal & General Investment Management America Responsible Investment Coordinator, Anna Snider Disclosure via SASB Standards yields improved quality and comparability of ESG data, not only via quantitative performance-focused metrics, but also qualitative measures providing insights into context around performance. SASB established its Investor Advisory Group in late 2016 to provide investor feedback and guidance for the organization, and to demonstrate investor support for a market standard for investor-focused sustainability disclosure. Head of Sustainable Finance, Carole Laible CEO, Corey Klemmer APG (All Pensions Group) Among the updates made to the IAG … Federated Hermes Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Morgan Stanley Investment Management Man Group Co-Head of Responsible Investment, Steven Desmyter Vice President, Director of Corporate Engagement, Jessica Ground We welcome SASB’s work in developing industry-based standards for improved sustainability reporting.”. SASB standards are evidence-based, developed with broad market participation, and are designed to be cost-effective for companies and decision- useful for investors. Capital Group SASB standards help ensure that investors have access to comparable, consistent and reliable information on financially material sustainability topics. Group of 44 firms offers guidance and demonstrates support for sustainability disclosure. Oregon State Treasury, Investment Division Director of ESG Investing, Peter Coffin Vanguard Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation, Nicole Bradford Nordea’s Eivind Lorgen to chair Investor Advisory Group of SASB. In November 2018, SASB published the world’s first complete set of 77 industry-specific sustainability accounting standards. Our 15 new IAG members, alongside the founding members of this group, will contribute enormously to increasing awareness of SASB’s standards throughout the world. Senior Vice President and Head of Fundamental Equities, Catherine Moyer Senior Governance Officer, Lindsay Patrick To download any of the 77 industry-specific standards, or learn more about SASB, please visit www.SASB.org. Chief Investment Officer, Kirsty Jenkinson Harvard Management Company Calvert Research & Management Founder & President, Rob Fernandez RBC Global Asset Management Goldman Sachs Asset Management Managing Director & Head, Sustainable Finance, Melanie Adams Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing Research, Glenn Booraem Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Mads Gosvig Principal & Senior Adviser, Investment Stewardship, Bill Roberts Investment Grade Credit Analyst, Clémence Humeau New York City Retirement Systems Head of ESG, Senior Vice President, Rebecca Greenberg The Standards enable integration of ESG considerations into investment and stewardship decisions across global portfolios. Director, Investment Stewardship, Richard Manley QMA (a PGIM company) May 22, 2019. Senior Investment Officer, Aaron Meder Vice Chair Investment Management & Head of Strategic Partnerships, Rui de Figueiredo Bank of America Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Lynn Blake 15 institutions join the ranks of SASB IAG members; Barbara Zvan of OTPP named new chair. Co-head Asset Stewardship, Rob Walker The Standards Advisory Group (SAG) is a standing committee of volunteer industry experts from corporations, financial institutions, and third parties that provide ongoing feedback on the implementation and use of the SASB standards, as well as emerging sustainability issues to be considered as part of the standard-setting process. Global Wealth & Investment Management, Jennifer Coulson Head of Responsible Investments, Wilhelm Mohn ATP Since Level I of the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential was launched in 2015, more than 2,200 professionals have pursued it to develop their understanding of the links between sustainability and financial performance. Director Active Ownership, Responsible Investments, Katarina Hammar Manulife Investment Management CPP Investments Managing Director, Head of the Sustainable Finance Group, Catherine Winner Head of Sustainability Initiatives, Corporate Governance, Christopher Shipley “SASB welcomes the IAG’s new members as well as its new chair,” said SASB CEO Madelyn Antoncic. Domini Impact Investments SASB’s standards are unique in the marketplace due to their industry-specific focus, their emphasis on communicating to investors, and their focus on financial materiality. AXA Investment Managers SASB Standards – which are industry-specific and framed upon financial materiality – improve understanding of company performance on ESG issues most relevant to long-term value creation (or destruction). Neuberger Berman Ivy Investment Management Company Portfolio Manager and Head of Sustainable Investing, Paul Scanlon Nordea Asset Management (NAM) is pleased to announce that the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has appointed Eivind Lorgen, CEO and President of NAM in North America, to chair its Investor Advisory Group (IAG), a group of leading asset owners and … CDPQ Chief Executive Officer, John Hoeppner Co-head, Sustainable Investing, Hannah Skeates LACERA Investment Officer, ESG & Sustainability, Jennifer Peet Chief Analyst, Eivind Lorgen Co-head Asset Stewardship, George Parker Corporate Governance Director, Hans Op ‘t Veld RPMI Railpen Putnam Investments Brunel Pension Partnership Limited (Brunel) is happy to announce its membership of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Investor Advisory Group (IAG). Principal, Responsible Investing, Anna Totdahl Head of Due Diligence for the Chief Investment Officer, Global Head of ESG, Robert W. Lovelace QMA (a PGIM company) Co-Head, Equity Division, Nicole Connolly Capital Group Putnam Investments CalPERS Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Total Portfolio, Simiso Nzima Chief Investment Officer, Malcolm Goepfert “The fact that our new members come from a variety of countries in Europe, Asia and North America is a sign that sustainability disclosure is a global concern, and SASB’s standards are a valuable tool for both companies and investors. UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust Director of Engagement, Eoin Murray Luxembourg, 28 April 2020. Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, Egon Vavrek SASB established its Investor Advisory Group in late 2016 to provide investor feedback and guidance for the organization, and to demonstrate investor support for a market standard for investor-focused sustainability disclosure. Head of Credit Research, Margaret Stumpp Franklin Templeton Investments Ivy Investment Management Company Vice President & Director of ESG Research, Faith Ward Expectations from a wide range of corporate stakeholders for more detailed reporting on sustainability have yielded high rates of such reporting. CPP Investments Brunel Pension Partnership SASB and TCFD already have a significant amount of traction with global investors and companies and are the basis on which many investors are developing their ESG integration processes….This sector specific approach and focus on governance and materiality provides essential information for investors to incorporate ESG information into their investment and … AXA Investment Managers Allianz Global Investors Investment Director & Head of Corporate Governance, Global Equity, Christopher Ailman Head of Stewardship, David Zellner Head of ESG Investing and Portfolio Manager, Julie Moret “SASB’s standards are an important tool to help institutional investors integrate ESG issues into investment processes.” SASB established its Investor Advisory Group in late 2016 to provide investor feedback and guidance to the organization, and to demonstrate investor support for standardized, investorfocused sustainability disclosure. Director, Strategy and Risk, Walter Viguiliouk ‘Our 15 new IAG members, alongside the founding members of this group, will contribute enormously to increasing awareness of SASB’s standards throughout the world.’ Managing Director, Amy Augustine Portfolio Head, Responsible Investment, Réjean Nguyen Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Ben Lambert Morgan Stanley Investment Management State Street Global Advisors A total of 50+ firms, accounting for more than $40 trillion in assets under management, now serve as IAG members. Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Bruno Bertocci State Street Global Advisors Deputy Comptroller & Chief Investment Officer, NYC Bureau of Asset Management, Michael Garland PGGM IAG Chair Emeritus Fidelity Investments Chief Investment Officer, Gil Scott Over time, this and other efforts will improve the availability of consistent, comparable, and reliable data on the ESG factors that are material to enterprise value creation. Lorgen said, “Now more than ever, ESG risks and opportunities continue to be a driving factor for many investors worldwide. “Barbara’s deep experience in risk management and investment strategy at one of the world’s largest pension funds makes her uniquely suited to lead the IAG. Northern Trust Asset Management LONDON, May 22, 2019 — The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today announced the expansion of its Investor Advisory Group (IAG), a group of leading asset owners and managers committed to improving sustainability-related disclosure to investors, welcoming 15 new firms to the IAG, while also naming Barbara Zvan, Chief Risk & Strategy … CalSTRS UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust Domini Impact Investments SASB standards help ensure investors have access to comparable, consistent and reliable information on financially material sustainability topics. Head of Sustainable Ownership, Sarah Bratton Hughes Boston Trust Walden “As the new chair of the IAG, I hope our group of 44 leading institutional investors will show how crucial standardized sustainability disclosure is to the world’s capital markets,” said Ms. Zvan. New asset management representation from Canada, France, Japan, Norway and UK. The Investor Advisory Group (IAG) of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today issued an updated statement calling on companies to use SASB Standards in disclosures to investors. Wespath Investment Management Use the SASB standards to integrate sustainability factors into investment and/or stewardship processes, such as corporate engagement and proxy voting IAG helps drive adoption and use of the SASB standards through 5 working groups (Corporate Engagement, Messaging, Data Provider, UK/Europe, Asia Pac) SASB Investor Advisory Group ATP Nissay Asset Management SASB has taken great strides forward in recent years," noted Ole Buhl, Head of ESG for Danish pension fund ATP. The SASB Investor Advisory Group (IAG) comprises leading global institutional investors who recognize the need for comparable, consistent, and reliable disclosure of financially-material, decision-useful environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information to investors. SASB established its Investor Advisory Group in late 2016 to provide investor feedback and guidance for the organization, and to demonstrate investor support for a market standard for investor-focused sustainability disclosure. SASB’s Investor Advisory Group is asking companies to use SASB Standards in disclosures to investors. Man Group Nordea Asset Management Wells Fargo Asset Management Vice Chairman, Heather Lord Calvert Research & Management Principal & Head of Investment Stewardship Policy and Research, Christopher McKnett The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Foundation is an independent, nonprofit standard-setting organization that develops and maintains robust reporting standards that enable businesses around the world to identify, manage and communicate financially material sustainability information to investors. The IAG’s 55 members (including Dutch APG and PGGM) represent 12 countries and $41 trillion in assets under management (AUM). Other reporting standards and frameworks may complement SASB Standards but are not replacements for them. Director Global Emerging Markets Equities, Fundamental Strategies, Christian Kjaer Nissay Asset Management View the Organizational Members of the SASB Alliance, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Copyright 2021 SASB. Future Fund Wells Fargo Asset Management Federated Hermes The Investor Advisory Group (IAG) of the SASB Alliance comprises leading global asset owners, asset managers, and investment intermediaries who recognize the need for consistent, comparable, and reliable disclosure of financially-material, decision-useful environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information to investors. 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