Sustainability policy

Codes of conduct on sustainability risks

In accordance with the Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation ('SFDR'), our firm takes sustainability risks into account when advising on insurance policies with an investment component, to the extent this information is made available by the insurance company.

The SFDR has defined sustainability risk as "an environmental (E), social (S) or governance (G) event or circumstance that, if it occurs, could cause an actual or potential material adverse effect on the value of the investment".

In the context of insurance advice with an investment component, the remuneration policy, applicable in our firm, does not encourage excessive risk-taking related to sustainability risks.

Adverse impacts on sustainability factors

The SFDR has defined sustainability factors as ‘environmental, social and employment issues, respect for human rights, and combating corruption and bribery’.

Practice has not yet sufficiently evolved within the insurance market, which means that our firm cannot yet reasonably consider adverse effects of investment decisions on sustainability factors.

For this reason, our office currently does not consider the adverse effects of investment decisions on sustainability factors and in its insurance advice for insurances with an investment component, unless the client has expressed his or her preference. In the latter case, our office will take this into account when assessing the suitability of the insurance(s) in question with an investment component.

Our office will review this policy in function of further evolutions within the insurance market.