Netherlands-based insurance and financial services company Achmea announced the launch of its Climate and Nature Transition Plan 2026, setting out the company’s plan to achieve its sustainability ambitions, including its goals to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations and value chain by 2050, and to protect and restore biodiversity through financing and investment activities, integrate biodiversity considerations into decision-making, and contribute to reversing nature loss by 2030.

The new publication expands Achmea’s focus its prior Climate Transition Plan to now also encompass nature and biodiversity factors.

Achmea CEO Bianca Tetteroo said:

“Since publishing our first transition plan in 2022, our focus has been on climate change mitigation and adaptation. This approach remains essential: climate concerns continue to shape risk, insurability and long-term value creation. However, it has also become clear that climate change cannot be addressed in isolation. Our climate and the natural world are deeply interconnected, and without resilient ecosystems, climate adaptation becomes fragile and mitigation efforts harder to sustain.”

The new plan included the publication of updated climate targets for Achmea’s investments, including a goal to reduce financed emissions for corporate securities by 32.6% by 2030 on a 2023 basis, alongside the existing goal to hit net zero in investments by 2040, an expansion of the company’s real estate investment targets to include the indirect portfolio, and an increased ambition for impact investments to reach 15% of its portfolio by 2030. Achmea also said that it is intensifying engagement with companies on key issues such as deforestation, climate change and just transition.

Outlining the company’s nature-related objectives, the plan said that Achmea aims to contribute to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework,, with initiatives including identifying, managing and reducing biodiversity-related risks and impacts across its activities, and by supporting investments and partnerships that protect and restore ecosystems. Achmea said that it has also signed the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge, which includes commitments by signatories to measure the impact of their investments on biodiversity, and to set clear goals and report on progress.

Tetteroo added:

“Climate and nature are not separate issues, but are closely interconnected. They increasingly determine the scale of risks, the frequency of damages, and what remains insurable over time. Climate change affects nature, while healthy ecosystems help to mitigate and absorb its impacts. That is why Achmea brings these themes together in a single transition plan. We focus on solutions that contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation, within our role as insurer, investor and employer.”

Click here to access Achmea’s new Climate and Nature Transition Plan.