We commend the work and quality of the report which gives KLP valuable information from the ground. As an investor we rely on different sources to be able to use our ownership and influence companies. Excluding companies is always a possibility and it should be a high threshold especially when we give a public justification for why we believe there is a breach, but our focus is to influence the companies to improve...

...In 2012 we had a meeting with Business and Human rights regarding the situation with migrant workers in Qatar. In both 2021 and 2022 KLP actively used the finding from the reports from Business and Human Rights Resource center in the follow up on hospitality sector in Qatar. Both years we contacted all the hotels from the survey. In 2021 KLP focused on the implementation of human rights policies and workers living and working condition. In 2022 the focus was in addition on continuous due diligence both in their operation and supply chain and recruitment practices of migrant workers, especially focusing on use of agent and recruitment fee. KLP had meetings with both Accor and Whitbread in 2022...