After being launched at the end of May, the Alliance held the first training workshop for the 27 already affiliated companies in order to promote the future well-being of their workers, starting from a sustainable construction of their pensions.
Santiago, Thursday July 4, 2019.- After launching the Alliance for Sustainable Pension, an initiative led by AFP Capital in collaboration with the PROhumana Foundation and supported by the Global Compact Network and the Confederación para la Producción y el Progreso (CPC), the first training workshop was held for the representatives of the 27 member companies: Cristalerías de Chile, EBCO, Enaex, Falabella Retail, Flesan, Isa Intervial, Laboratorio Bagó, L’Oreal Chile, Molymet, Polpaico, Rayú, SURA Asset Management Chile, Tottus, Tresmontes Lucchetti, Vantrust Capital, Viña San Pedro, VTR, Alxar Minería, Derco Chile, FastCo, Masisa, Santander, Seguros SURA, Teck Chile, Ultramar, VGC Abogados and Walmart Chile.
At the event, the topics addressed were the current scenario of the pension system in Chile, how the pension is built and background on the pension reform bill under discussion in Congress.
The Alliance's member companies will be part of a permanent pension education program, which will allow them to develop management capacity and measure the impact of their actions and, consequently, incorporate good pension practices in order to integrate pension management to companies' Human Resources strategy to promote the future well-being of their employees.
¿What is the Alliance for Sustainable Pension?
It is a movement that seeks to train, measure and promote the responsible management of pensions, recognizing those organizations and institutions that do so among their employees.
For further information on the Alliance: www.afpcapital.cl and www.prohumana.cl
About AFP Capital
AFP Capital is a company of SURA Asset Management Chile, a company operating in the pension, life insurance, mutual funds and stocks markets. As of December 31, 2018, AFP Capital had 1.6 million clients and has USD$40 million in AUM. It is present in 30 cities throughout the country and, additionally, it is the only AFP present in Easter Island.
About SURA Asset Management
SURA Asset Management is a subsidiary of SURA Group, expert in Pensions, Asset Management, Savings and Investments and present in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and El Salvador. As of December 2018, SURA Asset Management’s AUM amounted to USD$129 billion owned by 19.7 million customers in the region.
* Customers and AUM include AFP Protection in Colombia and AFP Crecer in El Salvador, although not controlled companies, SURA AM holds a significant stake.
