SURA Asset Management S.A.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020-06-05 to 2024-02-12, 2021, 2022)
Reporting Period: 2020-06-05 to 2024-02-12
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Sustainability Risks
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Sustainability Risks in Latin America (governance risks, political/economic/social instability, lack of transparency, environmental risks like deforestation and climate change impacts)
- Sustainability Risks in Emerging Asia (environmental risks, labor/human rights issues, corruption, governance risks)
Mitigation Strategies
- ESG integration into investment decisions (screening, ESG assessment, monitoring ESG controversies, engagement with companies)
- Due diligence on third-party investment vehicles (ESG strategy, risk management, team expertise)
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme weather, flooding, droughts, wildfires
Transition Risks
- Regulatory changes
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: SFDR
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Integrating ESG criteria across all asset classes and geographies, managing ESG performance of real assets, and monitoring ESG criteria in third-party managed vehicles.
Mitigation Strategies
- ESG integration into investment analysis and decision-making, active ownership to influence companies' ESG performance, and thematic investing in high-ESG performing assets.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- We Take Care of the Resources (Environment and Social Development)
- We Build Capabilities for Development (Financial Education and Inclusion)
Environmental Achievements
- Updated due diligence model for international investment fund managers to include ESG performance assessment.
- Continued engagement campaigns with carbon-intensive emitters.
- Developed capabilities to measure carbon emissions in managed portfolios (financed emissions and carbon intensity per million dollars invested).
Social Achievements
- Implemented "Talento Imparable" project in Peru to strengthen youth employability.
- Continued existing financial inclusion initiatives in Chile (Sucursal Inclusiva, Inclusion Laboral Pensionados, Bancarización de Pensionados).
- Reached 14 million users impacted by Universidad Protección's education programs.
- Implemented new inclusion protocols and website functionalities for users with disabilities in Protección.
- Launched "Calculadora de Pensión" in Mexico, a pension projection tool.
- Promoted self-services and digital services in El Salvador.
- Promoted voluntary pension savings with accessible entry amounts in El Salvador.
- Published "Economía para Matías" in Uruguay, a financial education book.
Governance Achievements
- Meetings and training for independent directors of SURA AM and subsidiaries.
- Joint work with local secretariats to strengthen corporate governance.
- Strengthened use of technological tools (Gobertia, Dilitrust) for corporate governance.
- Annual ethics and corporate governance training for all employees.
- Annual risk management training for all employees.
- Implemented corporate governance for SURA Investments and new subsidiaries (Asulado, Inversiones Sura Corp.).
- Increased participation in AFP Protección to 52.91%, establishing control.
- 96% compliance rate for annual corporate governance, conduct, and ethics course.
- Progress on implementing a regional GRC solution for regulatory compliance management.
- Integrated Ethics Line under a single regional guideline.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Develop segmented value offers for clients.
- Create alliances to strengthen position in the savings market.
Short-term Goals:
- Strengthen clients' soft skills, employability, and financial competencies.
- Build trust in the private pension system.
- Increase use of digital platforms.
Environmental Challenges
- High market volatility due to global inflation, interest rate hikes, and geopolitical events.
- Political changes in Latin America leading to potential pension system reforms.
- Negative portfolio returns impacting client investment profitability.
- Regulatory changes in various countries affecting pension business operations and commission rates.
Mitigation Strategies
- Expanded offshore offer with a RIA in the US.
- Structured and launched products to mitigate inflation and interest rate increases.
- Monitored and managed the suitability of advice provided to clients.
- Provided tools and training for advisors to manage client uncertainty.
- Increased client contact and support.
- Promoting dialogue and offering solutions for pension system reforms.
- Focusing on operational efficiency and expense containment.