The Fund is classified as a financial product under Article 9 of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The Fund has sustainable investment as its objective. 

The Fund uses active management to target companies that generate a positive social impact alongside a financial return. The fund has an impact investment approach. The Fund aims to promote inclusive growth by contributing to a better quality of life and enabling people to participate in economic development. In order to achieve this, the Fund focuses on a number of themes aligned with this objective, including but not limited to: thriving communities economic empowerment, safe society and good health & well-being. The selection process involves thematic alignment, financial analysis and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) analysis, which may be limited by the quality and availability of the data disclosed by issuers or provided by third parties. Examples of non-financial criteria assessed in the ESG analysis are carbon intensity, gender diversity and remuneration policy.

Mainly companies with positive social impact will qualify for inclusion in the fund. The Fund aims to make no investments in companies with controversial activities and controversial ESG behaviours or companies that violate Global Compact principles such as human rights protection and environmental preservation. The Fund also aims to make no investments in companies involved in activities including but not limited to, the development, production, maintenance or trade of controversial weapons, the production of tobacco products, thermal coal mining and/or oil sands production. Further, more stringent restrictions are applicable for investments in companies involved in activities related to gambling, weapons, adult entertainment, fur & specialty leather, Arctic drilling and shale oil & gas. The fund has a global investment universe that is aligned with long term societal trends. At least annually, its initial investment universe is reduced by at least 20%, as a result of the application of a “Best-in-Universe” approach and the above-mentioned exclusions and restrictions. The fund strives to add value through company analysis, engagement and impact measurement. The fund does not have a benchmark. The MSCI AC World (NR) is used as a reference index for long term financial performance comparison purposes. You can sell your participation in this fund on each (working) day on which the value of the units is calculated, which for this fund occurs daily. The fund does not aim to provide you with a dividend. It will reinvest all earnings.