TIAA

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
2 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
2 out of 5
Commodity 
1 out of 5
Scope 
1 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
2 out of 5
Awareness, understanding and intent 
2 out of 5
Commodity 
2 out of 5
Scope 
2 out of 5
Implementation, monitoring and reporting 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
3 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
3 out of 5
Policy strength 
1 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5
Financial institution type 
Asset manager, Pension fund
HQ 
United States

Collective commitments

Banking Environment Initiative member
No
New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No

150 Financial institutions

Investors and lenders need to adopt and implement environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria that ensure their investments are not funding deforestation. For analysis of how the financial sector is performing click here.

This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

Profile 

TIAA-CREF are a financial services company headquartered in the US that primarily serves private and institutional investors in the not-for-profit sector including education, health care, government and research. Their services cover pensions, investments and insurance. In 2017, their total assets under management amount to more than 950 billion USD. TIAA-CREF are among the top 15 bondholders for Forest 500 companies, with more than 2.5 billion USD worth of bonds across a broad range of forest risk sectors. They are also among the top 20 shareholders for Forest 500 companies, with more than 22 billion USD worth of shares.

Other financial institutions

TIAA

Score
2 out of 5

Disclaimer

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