The international financial media outlet Institutional Investor organises an annual awards ceremony at which institutional investors are recognised for, amongst other things, their efforts in the areas of ESG, transparency and long-term value creation in their investments. This year, LD Pensions was nominated for the ‘Engagement & Stewardship Champion’ award.
Institutional Investors’ reasons for the award nominations included the following:
“These companies and teams have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to bringing about real change through active ownership, transparency and long-term responsibility. Their work is helping to shape the future of responsible investment across the institutional landscape.”
The photo shows ESG specialist Amir Hassan (left) and CIO Kristoffer Birch (right). Photo: Henrik Brus.
In LD Pensions, we aim to fulfil our social responsibility through our investments, and we can do just that through active ownership of the companies in which we invest.
Amir Hassan, an ESG specialist in LD Pensions, says:
“It is important for us to exercise our shareholder rights. At general meetings, we have a unique opportunity to promote responsible corporate governance. This is a priority in LD Pensions, and we are therefore delighted to receive this recognition.”
Focus on active ownership in the first half of 2025
LD Pensions’ voting rights are a key part of our active ownership work and enable us to exert direct influence over the portfolio companies in which we invest.
In the first half of 2025, LD Pensions cast votes at general meetings in 704 different companies – an increase of 102 companies compared with the same period last year. This means that votes were cast in just under 40% of the companies in LD Pensions’ portfolio.
In total, we exercised our voting rights on 10,659 items at general meetings during the first half of the year. Of these, just over 550 were shareholder proposals, on which our voting was based on our own analyses and active stance. Votes cast on the remaining agenda items at general meetings are based on ‘best-in-class’ recommendations and analyses from our Partners.
LD Pensions works to ensure the highest possible returns for its members, whilst taking risk and responsibility into account. We encourage companies to move in a positive direction in terms of responsibility, as we believe this benefits long-term returns, the companies’ shareholders, employees and society as a whole.
