Promotes SDGs 1, 2, and 16, which aim to eradicate global poverty and hunger and advance peace and justice for all.  Based on our assessment, we select companies that provide solutions in, for example:

• affordable housing
• access to finance
• access to healthcare
• access to education
• crime prevention
• cybersecurity

Investment rationale: migration triggered by climate change, poverty, hunger, and war should increasingly strengthen the focus on meeting basic needs worldwide.

Promotes SDG 3, which aims to ensure healthy lives and foster well-being worldwide at all ages.

Based on our assessment, we select companies that provide solutions in, for example:

• health diagnostics
• vaccines
• medical research
• healthcare infrastructure

Investment rationale: the ageing world population, increasing awareness around health and recognition of the growing threat of infectious diseases.

Promotes SDG 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and foster lifelong learning opportunities for all. Based on our assessment, we select companies that provide solutions in, for example:

• online education
• dissemination of knowledge
• access to education for broad segments of the population  

Investment rationale: the increasing importance of knowledge in a technologised economy and recognition that science and education are the basis of any sustainable development.

Promotes SDG 5, which aims to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls worldwide.

Based on our assessment, we select companies that provide solutions in, for example:

• contraception
• hygiene products
• childcare
• access to finance  

or are among the best employers for women.

Investment rationale: growing recognition of the inequality of opportunity between men and women and its fundamental injustice.

Promotes SDG 6, which aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Based on our assessment, we select companies that provide solutions in, for example:

• water treatment
• water conservation
• nature protection

Investment rationale: increasing scarcity of water in the wake of climate change, and a growing understanding of the central role of water in the pursuit of agricultural supply security.

Promotes SDGs 8, 9, and 10, which aim to foster decent work, innovate for good, and advance global equality.

Based on our assessment, we select companies that provide solutions in, for example:

• inclusive living
• elder care
• public transport
• basic home care

or stand out for their sustainable innovation potential or are among the world’s best employers.

Investment rationale: The growing need of people to live in a fair, just and progressive society with functioning infrastructure, beyond the coverage of basic needs.

Supports SDGs 7, 11, and 13, which aim to promote sustainable energy sources, environmentally friendly, sustainable cities and communities, and climate action.  

Based on our assessment, we select companies that provide solutions in, for example:

• solar, wind or hydropower
• hydrogen
• energy efficiency
• electromobility
• clean logistics
• "green" real estate

Investment rationale: the tangibility of the climate crisis, the rising heat and congestion of cities and the growing need for independent energy supplies.

Promotes SDGs 12, 14 and 15, which aim to advance sustainable consumption and production, conserve oceans, and protect and restore the world’s natural ecosystems.  

Based on our assessment, we select companies that will, for example, actively:

• promote the circular economy
• source certified raw materials for their production
• produce organically

Investment rationale: the growing scarcity of resources, awareness of the increasing pollution of nature, and growing understanding of the role of biodiversity in agricultural supply security.