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European Pension Funds and Sustainable Development: Trade‐Offs between Finance and Responsibility |
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| Authors: | Riikka Sievänen Hannu Rita Bert Scholtens |
| Institution: | 1. KPMG Oy Ab, Advisory, Responsible Investment and Sustainability Services, Helsinki, Finland;2. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Economics and Management, Finland;3. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Forest Sciences, Finland;4. University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Finance, Groningen, The Netherlands;5. University of Saint Andrews, School of Management, Saint Andrews, UK |
| Abstract: | Pension funds try to account for sustainable development in their operations. This mainly translates in responsible investing. We investigate how this interacts with the financial objectives. We use a survey of more than 250 pension funds based in 15 European countries. Multinomial logistic regression is used to find out how pension funds trade off sustainable development and financial objectives. Our findings suggest that pension funds that have not included responsibility in their strategy and investments have a clear priority regarding their financial performance. Pension funds who integrate sustainable development in their strategy can bring balance between finance and responsibility. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment |
| Keywords: | sustainable development strategy values finance responsible investment pension funds |