Portfolio monitoring, screening and company information

The Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) holds equity and fixed-income instruments issued by approximately 10,000 companies operating worldwide. In accordance with the Ethical Guidelines, the Council on Ethics is mandated to monitor the GPFG�s investments to identify companies that either contribute to or are themselves responsible for the products or conduct outlined in Sections 3 and 4 of the Guidelines. This monitoring relies on objective, reliable, and well-documented information to support the Council�s recommendations regarding the observation or exclusion of companies. The duration of the contracts will be three years, with the possibility of extension for one year up to three times, for a total maximum duration of six years The procurement is divided into the following lots: Lot 1: Screening: Companies that produce or develop of biological weapons, anti-personnel mines, undetectable fragmentation weapons, incendiary weapons, blinding laser weapons, cluster munitions and nuclear weapons Lot 2: Screening: Companies that produce tobacco and/or cannabis Lot 3: News based monitoring of portfolio - Access to news based ESG database Lot 4: Access to a company database