Enhancement

This pillar refers to the systematic integration of ESG criteria along the investment process, from portfolio definition to monitoring and reporting. As part of our active risk management, we announced in 2017 that we had switched to ESG benchmarks.

These have been adopted in our investment mandates and consist of better-rated companies from an ESG perspective. This allows us to have both the right measurement and appropriate incentives for our portfolio managers in place. If benchmarks are not applicable, a minimum ESG rating rule is applied to our mandates. For actively managed mandates, external managers have limited leeway to invest into securities they deem to have a positive ESG trend but are not included in the benchmark yet.

Executing our shareholder rights is another part of Swiss Re’s commitment to being a responsible investor. To reflect this pledge in our voting behaviour, we have defined principles in our Asset Management Voting Policy. See: www.swissre.com