SUSTAINABLE INVESTING
Evolution
Sustainable investing has evolved from humble 18th-century origins into a multi-trillion dollar mainstream industry. The focus has shifted beyond merely achieving financial returns to rigorously evaluating how investments impact society. As the asset management industry strives toward net-zero emissions by 2050, the tools available have grown enormously, offering everything from basic exclusions to advanced climate solutions that allow investors to pursue both wealth and well-being.
Acumen
True impact requires diving deep below the surface to understand the complex workings of sustainability. We employ a research-driven approach, constantly questioning anomalies to ensure every decision is well-informed. By collaborating with academic bodies and utilizing proprietary frameworks, we optimize the balance between risk, return, and sustainability. This intellectual rigor allows us to acknowledge the nuances of data, ensuring clear, transparent, and effective investment solutions for our clients.
Impact
With the influence of capital comes the responsibility to shape corporate behavior. We actively exercise our stewardship rights through engagement and voting, often opposing management to drive governance improvements. While excluding contentious companies is a powerful tool, we believe active dialogue creates more significant real-world change. By holding companies accountable and collaborating with like-minded investors, we use our position as shareholders to enforce positive environmental and social outcomes.
Objectives
Investors must clearly define their goals to match strategies with their convictions, whether improving risk-adjusted returns or pursuing binding impact targets. Solutions range from integrating ESG factors to specific impact investing that targets the UN Sustainable Development Goals. By carefully selecting strategies that align with personal values, investors can contribute to the energy transition or social equity while ensuring their portfolios remain robust and aligned with a sustainable future.
Climate
Climate change represents the defining challenge of our era, requiring urgent action to decarbonize the global economy. We view the transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 not just as a necessity but as a massive investment opportunity. By directing capital toward low-carbon solutions and financing the transition of high-emitting sectors, we aim to align portfolios with the Paris Agreement, ensuring economic growth does not come at the planet’s expense.
Biodiversity
The Earth is facing a critical loss of biodiversity that poses systemic risks to the global economy. We recognize our duty to protect natural capital by integrating nature-related risks into our investment analysis and decision-making. Through partnerships with conservation bodies and rigorous engagement on issues like deforestation, we direct financial muscle toward companies that actively restore ecosystems and protect the species we share our planet with.
