Corporate social responsibility 2020 - Flipbook - Page 7
INDUSTRIENS PENSIONSFORSIKRING A/S
RAPPORT OM SAMFUNDSANSVAR 2020
The plan is to build around three-quarters of the
wind farms in Denmark, while the remaining
farms are likely to be built in Poland. The total
capacity of the farms is planned to amount to
around 1 GW, corresponding to an annual
reduction of more than 350,000 tonnes of CO2.
With this new investment, Industriens Pension's
share of investments contributing to the green
transition has reached DKK 12 bn. This means
that Industriens Pension is not only on track, but
in fact ahead of the plan to achieve the common
goal of the Danish pension sector for further
investments of DKK 350 bn. in the green
transition by 2030. Industriens Pension plans to
further increase investments in the green
transition significantly in the coming years.
In addition to supplying renewable energy, the
investment will also help create new jobs. Ib
Andresen, a Danish business on Funen,
manufactures all the steel components for the
solar farms; transformer substations are
assembled by Alfred Priess, another Danish
company, from components supplied by ABB;
and maintaining the solar farms and connecting
them to the grid will mean work for local
electricians and grid companies. Sunotec, a
foreign subcontractor, has established a
collective agreement with the United Federation
of Danish Workers (3F) through the Danish
Construction Association.
RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT
have joined the Green Building Council
Denmark, which manages the DGNB
certification scheme.
The DGNB standard developed by the German
Sustainable Building Council considers all
aspects of buildings and assesses the
economic, social, environmental, technical and
process-related sustainability of buildings. The
DGNB evaluation of the sustainability of
buildings includes a total of 40 parameters. The
aim is to achieve gold or platinum certificates,
which are the best certification categories.
Based on an overall evaluation of the various
parameters, buildings can be awarded a bronze,
silver, gold or platinum certificate. Several
existing properties owned by Industriens
Pension, for example Axel Towers in
Copenhagen and Slagelse Hospital, have
already been certified
Our own office buildings on Nørre
Farimagsgade will also be certified, and we are
measuring our own CO2 load in order to reduce
it.
Sustainable properties
Industriens Pension wants to invest in buildings
that are both financially and socially sustainable
in the long term, as the two aspects go hand in
hand. We have decided that, as a point of
departure, newly built properties are to be
certified under the DGNB standards, and we
"It's fantastic that this green investment can feed into
the pledge we’ve all made in the pension sector (to
invest an additional DKK 350 bn. in the green transition
up to 2020 (ed.)). So, not only do we expect a good
return; the investment will also contribute to the other
important parameter."
Laila Mortensen, CEO, about the solar farm investment in partnership with
Better Energy, cited in the newspaper Børsen, 2 December 2020
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