Engagement is understood as an exchange between shareholders and company management to make them aware of important issues.
Unlike traditional shareholder activists such as hedge funds or private equity, institutional investors have also entered into dialogue with company managements in recent years in order to initiate changes («ESG integration»). Companies have been urged, for example, to rethink their overall strategy or the composition of the board of directors because they were seen as damaging to the company.
The manager reports active engagement through an annual engagement report.