Aktia sets clearer targets for sustainability
20 February 2023 - 8:08PM
Aktia sets clearer targets for sustainability
Aktia Bank Plc
Press release
20 February 2023 Aktia sets clearer targets
for sustainability “We at Aktia are ambitious when it
comes to sustainability and we have been so for many years,” says
Annina Kaukonen, Corporate Responsibility Manager,
at Aktia. Sustainability is at the heart of Aktia’s activities
and guides Aktia towards the vision of being the leading wealth
manager bank. To reach this goal, Aktia has updated its
sustainability programme to make it even more coherent with the
strategy. The new programme will steer the company’s sustainability
efforts on an overall level.
“The actions we are taking are voluntary, in addition to the
statutory obligations we have as a bank, and contribute to a better
society at large and a cleaner environment,” says Kaukonen. For
example, Aktia strives to have healthy and satisfied employees and
aims to follow the climate strategy towards Net Zero
targets.
Responsible employer
The Aktia sustainability programme covers four themes:
Prosperity, People, Principles of Governance and Planet.
“We have identified focus areas for each theme and set targets
for them. We report on the progress every year in our
sustainability report,"says Kaukonen.
An overall understanding of customer needs and customer
satisfaction are two of the four focus areas prioritised in
Prosperity theme in the new sustainability programme.
“Customers will hopefully notice that Aktia is a good employer
that invests in a corporate culture that supports workers’
well-being. Being a responsible employer is a part of our
sustainability programme,” explains Kaukonen. At the
forefront of responsible investment
Banks play an important role in the transition to a low-carbon
future. Aktia has been at the forefront of responsible investment
and, for example, was one of the first Finnish banks to sign the UN
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
This means that Aktia is committed to environmental and social
considerations and to good governance within asset management. The
objective of Aktia as an wealth manager bank is to offer its
clients the best and most comprehensive investment, financing and
personal insurance solutions in order to promote sustainable
prosperity in society. “Our goal is to enable
sustainable-driven prosperity. We want to be a reliable partner and
systematically develop sustainability issues in our own activities
and across our industry. We are thinking further, taking
sustainability into account and working towards climate
neutrality,” summarises Kaukonen. Link to Aktia’s
sustainability programme:
https://www.aktia.com/en/sustainability/corporate-responsibility-programme Further
inormation: Annina Kaukonen, Corporate Responsibility Manager,
annina.kaukonen(a)aktia.fi, tel. +358 400 509 126 Mia Smeds,
Head of External Communication, mia.smeds(a)aktia.fi, tel. +358 44
546 0379
Aktia is a Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer that has
been creating wealth and wellbeing from one generation to the next
for 200 years. We serve our customers in digital channels
everywhere and face-to-face in our offices in the Helsinki, Turku,
Tampere, Vaasa and Oulu regions. Our award-winning asset management
business sells investment funds internationally. We employ
approximately 900 people around Finland. Aktia's assets under
management (AuM) on 30 September 2022 amounted to EUR 13.6 billion,
and the balance sheet total was EUR 11.9 billion. Aktia's shares
are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (AKTIA). aktia.com.
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