Panel discussion: Sustainability

The panel discussion, which was held at the Nordic Sustainability Investment Forum in Helsinki at the end of February, started with a framing of corporate governance and what it means to be an active owner.

Niina Arkko: “For us at Aktia, active ownership is a very core tool to ensure sustainable and long-term value creation and it’s a combination of voting and engagements. Internationally we vote through proxy voting services and in Finland we attend the AGMs in person. In Finland we also have nomination committee seats, which is a very straightforward way of ensuring that companies have the right leaders and a way to influence the company’s leadership and their corporate governance. When it comes to engagements, we do these both directly as well as through collaboration. It’s also worth highlighting that engagement is