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Pension funds own large capital which makes them influential shareholders of thousands of companies. They can use this influence, for example to deny investments to those who severly pollute the environment or violate human rights. Or they can stimulate the majority of companies to invest in sustainable production and productionmethods. Moreover pension funds can offer access to capital for innovative companies

Profundo researches where pension funds invest their capital and how far they take social and environmental criteria into consideration in their investment policy. Profundo also researches the possible influence of pensionfunds in financing in sustainable productive corporations, for example the timber and papersector. And we advise pension funds on their corporate responsibility investmentpolicy.

Date	Projects
9 June 2006 Banks, Pension funds	Challenges for BankTrack - Presentation Presentation for BankTrack regarding the organisation's strategic positioning and potential hurdles in the future. Client: BankTrack
25 April 2007 Pension funds, Sustainable investments	Investment policy of PGGM Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the responsible investment policy of the Dutch pension fund PGGM (now: Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn). Client: IKV Pax Christi Document(s): Responsable Investor: Cluster bomb revelations lead to RI benchmark for Dutch pension funds, 19 November 2007
10 November 2007 Asset managers, Oil & gas, Oppressive regimes, Pension funds	Investments in Sudan Opinion article written with Frans Bieckmann (The Broker) on the political and economic options to put pressure on the regime in Sudan to achieve a lasting and fair peace in Darfur.
27 October 2006 Pension funds	No pensions with looted money Opinion article in NRC Handelsblad on the new Pension Law.
10 December 2007 Asset managers, Pension funds	Responsible investment by Dutch pension funds and pension insurers Benchmark of 30 large Dutch pension funds and pension insurers with regard to the content, implementation and transparency of their responsible investment policies. Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), Consumentenbond Document(s): IPE: Real SRI engagement small among funds, 13 december 2007 Responsible Investor: How a TV documentary on cluster bombs became an ESG benchmark, 17 January 2008 Report: Responsible Investment by Dutch Pension Funds and Pension Insurers, december 2007
18 March 2007 Copper, Gold, Human rights, Pension funds, Pulp & paper, Soy, Weapons	Controversial investments by Dutch pension funds Study into the investments by Dutch pension funds in military companies producing cluster munition and landmines, companies which severely damage the environment and in companies sourcing products which are produced with the help of child labour. Client: Zembla Document(s): Responsible Investor: How a TV documentary on cluster bombs became an ESG benchmark, 17 January 2008
21 April 2008 Banks, Pension funds, Platinum	The financing of Anglo Platinum Research into the involvement of European financial institutions in the financing of the South African platinum mining company Anglo Platinum. Client: Netherlands institute for Southern Africa (NiZA)
20 March 2008 Asset managers, Banks, Copper, Gold, Hydropower, Oil & gas, Pension funds, Weapons	Trends in the financing of four sensitive sectors Strategic analysis of the financing trends in four sensitive sectors: mining, dams, oil and gas and the weapons industry. Client: BankTrack Document(s): The Times: Mind the Gap finds banks wanting, January 2008
5 November 2008 Banks, Climate change, Pension funds	Voting policy Dutch banks and pension funds on climate change resolutions Study on the voting policy of Dutch banks and pension funds on resolutions demanding a stronger climate change policy from companies. Client: Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie)
8 December 2008 Asset managers, Pension funds	Benchmark Pensionfunds Second edition of the benchmark of Dutch pension funds and pension insurers with regard to the content, implementation and transparency of their responsible investment policies. Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) Document(s): IPE: 1 in 5 pension providers still not SRI-proof, 8 december 2008
3 November 2008 Asset managers, Banks, Pension funds, Pulp & paper, Sustainable management, Timber	FSC and financial institutions FSC Netherlands together with Profundo talks with financial institutions (banks, insurers and pension funds) about their possibilities to support the FSC-inititative. In May 2007 ING netherlands and pension fund PME decided to use only FSC-paper. Besides that PME uses FSC as a criteria for its investments in woods. Last November the Dutch governmental pensionfund ABP also decided to shift to FSC-paper totally from 2009 onwards. Client: FSC Netherlands
18 June 2008 Asset managers, Pension funds, Sustainable management	Exclusion as an instrument of responsible investment Workshop about exclusion as an instrument of social responsible investment policy at the VBDO Seminar of June 18, 2008. Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
28 October 2009 Asset managers, Banks, Pension funds, Weapons	Worldwide investments in cluster munitions Companies that develop or produce cluster munitions can still lend money from banks and other financial institutions. Which financial organizations contribute in this way to spreading these dangerous weapons? This publication by IKV Pax Christi and Netwerk Vlaanderen, where Profundo contributed in, presents a report on financial institutions’ investment in these companies and on legislative measures to prohibit investment in cluster munitions. Client: IKV Pax Christi, Netwerk Vlaanderen Document(s): Report IKV Pax Christi & Netwerk Vlaanderen: Worldwide investments in cluster munitions - a shared responsibility, October 2009. Press release IKV Pax Christi & Netwerk Vlaanderen: Top financial institutions still invest US$20 billion in cluster bombs Banks and pension funds should disinvest from banned weapon, 29 October 2009. Press Release: Ook investeringen in producenten van clustermunitie verboden
11 December 2008 Pension funds, Sustainable management	Evaluation of the sustainable investmentpolicy of PNO Media It is PNO Media's ambition to be in the lead when it comes to sustainable investments and ongoing improvement of her policy. In this report PNO Media's strong points will be pointed out, but also the points that can be improved and recommendations ceoncerning her own Code Sustainable Investments and recommendations concerning the implementation. Client: PNO Trust Media
11 May 2010 Climate change, Pension funds, Sustainable management	Pension funds in a changed climate This note, additional to the seminar Pension funds in a changed climate on may 28th 2010, discusses practical opportunities for pension funds to make an active climate policy. The possibilities to take climate change into account whitin assect classes investments are discussed first. Second, being a shareholder in many companies, pension funds can try to get recognition for a good sustainability policy in those companies. Furthermore, they can invest in companies, technologies and products that stop climate change. Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment (SNM), Oxfam Novib
3 June 2009 Pension funds, Sustainable management	Proposal for the Code for Responsibile Investing Proposal for the Code of Responsible Investing. This code describes the way in which the Pensionfund PNO Media fills her social responsibility as institutional investor. After an extensive explanation of this code, the report focusses on the periodic evaluation of the code and the way that the fund communicates with participants, retired people and associated companies about the completion of the code. Client: PNO Trust Media
25 May 2010 Asset managers, Banks, Pension funds, Sustainable investments, Sustainable management	Reference guide: Asset management and responsible investment in the Netherlands It is important that pension funds are provided with tools to continue their progress in the field of responsible investment. This explorative research was undertaken to find out what SRI services asset managers and service providers offer to pension funds. Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) Document(s): Report Reference guide: Asset management and responsible investment in the Netherlands
23 April 2009 Asset managers, Pension funds, Sustainable management	Asset Managers - Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution An inquiry into SRI services offered by Asset Managers to Pension Funds. This research by VBDO and in collaboration with Profundo, aims to explore the socially responsible investing (SRI) services offered by asset managers active on the Dutch pension market. The study concerns the services that companies offer to Dutch pension funds at present (January 2009) and to the activities companies have undertaken the past year (2008). Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) Document(s): Report: Asset Managers - Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution
14 December 2009 Pension funds	Benchmark Pension Funds 2009 This third edition of the 'Benchmark responsible investment of Duthc pension funds' by the VBDO in cooperation with Profundo, surveyed solely pension funds and is focusing on the progress that pension funds have made during the three years the benchmark was carried out. The investment policy of 51 pension funds was researched upon three issues: policy, implementation and accountability. Read more on Investment & Pension Europe and on the website of publisher Responsible Investor. Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) Document(s): Report: Benchmark Pension Funds 2009 Benchmark responsible investment by pension funds: corporate pension funds score low", Press release VBDO, 13 December 2009