We have expanded the list of climate policies we assess company engagement with to incorporate land-use related policy, referring to legislative or regulatory measures to enhance and protect ecosystems and land where carbon is being stored. Assessments under this category are currently underweighted in terms of their contribution to the overall company metrics. This weighting will be progressively increased over the next 6 months.
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Peter Branner is Vice-president of the board at EFAMA
Peter Branner (CIO at APG Asset Management)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
APG is a member of DUFAS which is a national association member of EFAMA
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Peter Branner is Vice-president of the board at EFAMA
Peter Branner (CIO at APG Asset Management)
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
APG is a member of DUFAS which is a national association member of EFAMA
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Unclear if APG Asset Management still holds the director position at the MFA, as the MFA no longer discloses its board
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Thijs Coenen (Managing Director Private Equity & Business Management APG Asset Management) is on the board at the MFA
Thijs Coenen
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Unclear if APG Asset Management still holds the director position at the MFA, as the MFA no longer discloses its board
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
Thijs Coenen (Managing Director Private Equity & Business Management APG Asset Management) is on the board at the MFA
Thijs Coenen
In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
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APG appears to have broadly positive but limited engagement on sustainable finance policy. APG has stated support for the Paris Agreement and the EU's 2050 net-zero target and has commented on the need for reform to make the financial system more sustainable. During 2021, APG has also been part of investor initiatives calling for action to achieve net-zero by 2050 globally and in Korea. However, in a 2020 website article, senior strategist Thijs Knaap appeared to oppose the divestment from fossil fuels in the short term.
On its website in 2018, APG stated support for the EU's Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, particularly highlighting the taxonomy. In a 2022 website article, it further advocated against weakening the taxonomy to include gas and nuclear as sustainable activities. In an investor statement to governments in 2021, it also supported the mandatory implementation of the TCFD guidelines on reporting climate-related information.
APG has some information on its engagement on public policy in website articles and its 2018 group sustainability report, and has disclosed memberships to a limited number of third party organizations in the GRI Index section in its Annual report.