Based in Denmark, Sampension is a customer-owned pension company offering labour market and company pensions. The organization provided pension benefits to 278,000 individuals and had USD 44 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2018.
Sampension's Responsible Investment policy applies to all of its assets under management. Additionally, it applies recognized international norms and investor initiatives based on Environmental and Social issues such as the UN PRI, the UN Global Compact, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the OECD Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct for Institutional Investors. As an active owner, Sampension engages with portfolio companies which are negatively contributing to the UN SDGs, as well as highly pollutant companies through Climate Action 100+.