Sustainability and Corporate Governance Report 202
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HOW WE WANT TO HELP RAISE LIVING STANDARDS – HAND
ELSBANKEN FONDER The 2030 Agenda and the SDGs aim to eliminate all forms and dimensions of poverty and to ensure that all people can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment. Fundamental here is the fulfilment of the human rights of all people and the achievement of equality and empowerment for all women and girls. This requires equal access for all to education, health care and decent jobs that create an income stream. • The combined wealth of the world’s 22 richest men is greater than the wealth of all women in Africa. • The world’s richest one per cent have more than twice as much wealth as 6.9 billion people. • It is estimated that more than 40 million people are being exploited in modern slavery. • Over 130 million girls do not go to school. • 603 million people are currently living in extreme poverty.5 The financial sector plays a central role in directing capital to sustainable investments and financing that can help improve people’s living conditions in a sustainable environment. In our role as investors, we can contribute to this goal by investing in companies that, for example, promote financial inclusion, increased access to education and health care. Through our engagement activities, we can also influence companies in a direction that helps them improve the living conditions of people affected by their business. “This agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.” Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development 37