The Living Planet Fund invests in companies that are leaders in their field. Some are globally-recognized Fortune 500 companies, others are enterprising smaller companies that are effective players in market sectors that are particularly relevant to the social and environmental mega-challenges the world faces today. These are companies that have been assessed as financial attractive as an investment, having sound governance, public commitment to environmental and social goals coupled with clear business growth opportunities.
Through its different sub-funds, the Living Planet Fund invests in the following themes:
- Environmental chemistry and biology: services and processes that allow for the reduction of the environmental impact of human activities due to advances in chemical and biological engineering. Biochemical (chemicals source by biomass), bioenergy equipment.
- Ecological management of environmental systems: management systems, management tools and processes that optimize the operations of economic activities so as to reduce the environmental impact. Environmental engineering, pollution control & testing, CO2 capture and reduction.
- Financial Services: Private banking and infrastructure financing in emerging countries, fair long-term savings schemes, socially responsible investment.
- Health: Preventive healthcare products and services, elderly care; cost-efficient healthcare products and treatments; cures for neglected diseases in developing markets.
- Knowledge Society: Education services, information providers (media, publishers), IT infrastructure.
- Management of natural resources: this sector refers to environmental technologies that allow for the efficient and sustainable management of natural resources (water, forest, etc.).
- New ecological materials: as a result of their constitution or due to their special functions, the use of new ecological materials allow for the substitution of existing more polluting materials.
- Renewable energy and energy efficiency: all processes, products and services that permit a reduction in the energy consumption. Solar-, wind-, hydro-energies, smart grid, building efficient materials, LED products.
- Smart housing: Insulation, energy-efficient heating systems and electrical appliances.
- Sustainable Consumption: Organic and fair trade products; socially responsible supply chain management; product safety and quality control.
- Sustainable Mobility: Low environmental-impact means of transportation or any other services or products that allow for the reduction of the environmental impact associated with the travels of human populations. Public transport, fuel-efficient technologies, non-fossil fuel propulsion technologies.
- Waste management: all products, services and tools used to recycle or to reduce waste, to produce energy from waste, or to the treatment of waste so as to reduce their environmental impacts.
- Water management: water utilities, infrastructure equipment and construction, water distribution, water treatment.
Other sustainability-related investment themes may be considered by the portfolio management at any time depending on their prospective performance contribution and environmental relevance.
