Heerlen/Amsterdam, October 10, 2023. Today, pension fund ABP, SSE Renewables and Naturalis Biodiversity Center signed an agreement to work together on biodiversity at sea. ABP and SSE Renewables are participating in the tender for wind energy area IJmuiden Ver through the coalition Noordzeker. With a team of more than 120 researchers, Naturalis is the Netherlands' leading research institute in the field of biodiversity. Noordzeker and Naturalis find a partner in each other to emphasize the importance of biodiversity.

ABP’s financial position improved slightly in the second quarter of 2023, following a similar slight improvement in the first quarter. ABP achieved a positive return of 1.1%. As a result, our available assets increased by €5 billion to €475 billion.

ABP and OMERS Infrastructure have today announced the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of Kenter from Alliander Corporate Ventures. Kenter is an energy infrastructure solutions business providing medium-voltage infrastructure – including transformers and switchgear – and meters to over 25,000 commercial and industrial business customers in the Netherlands and Belgium.

ABP has appointed two members to the Board: Rob Becker (57) and Alfred Kool (67) have been nominated as non-executive directors from the pensioners’ section of ABP’s Accountability Body.

ABP’s financial position improved very slightly in the first quarter of 2023. For the first time in a year, the fund again recorded a plus of 2.3% on the investment result.

Effective March 7, 2023, Loek Sibbing (63) has been appointed independent Chair of the Board of ABP.