Invest in building the future you want to see
You want your investments to do more than just grow. You want them to create real, meaningful impact.
The Global Sustainable Equity Fund is built for exactly that: to invest in businesses that shape a better future, without choosing between your values and returns.
The Fund is designed to invest in world-class companies dedicated to achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), businesses we believe are well placed to grow over the long term and provide you with attractive returns.
The fund's mission
Delivering attractive returns while driving progress
The Investec Global Sustainable Equity Fund invests in companies advancing sustainability priorities and positioned to reward investors for doing so.
These priorities are defined by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 17 objectives, underpinned by 169 individual targets, that governments worldwide have committed to and built into national policy. This results in sustained, long-term demand for the businesses providing the solutions, and a clear framework through which to identify them.
The Fund draws on that framework to invest in high-quality companies we believe can deliver attractive returns over the long term, while contributing to genuine global progress.
Built for returns, made to matter
Legacy
You’ll be investing in the future you want to see. This way, you can build wealth that reflects not only what you've achieved, but what you choose to leave behind.
Sustainable growth
You’ll be investing in the growth of companies committed to a sustainable future. These are well-run, high-quality organisations continuously solving problems the world needs solved.
Impact
Your capital helps mobilise sustainable development on a global scale. Directed toward companies contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN, your investment becomes part of real progress.
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Fund* impact rating by SDG
*Data verified by ISS SDG Impact Rating with scores ranging from -10 to +10.
These show net impact considering positive and negative contributions of revenue, operations and controversies as at 31 Decemeber 2023
OUR GLOBAL INVESTMENT PROCESS
Unified perspective. Smarter decisions.
Our Global Investment Strategy Group (GISG) brings together seasoned professionals with over 351 collective years’ experience across four regions: the United Kingdom, Switzerland, India and South Africa.
Our global footprint and outlook, combined with our intellectual capital, expertise, and sustained tenure, enables us to form a holistic, unified view on asset allocation, ensuring that investment decisions are made with a broader, more balanced view of the markets.
Sustainability is core to our fundamental investment approach, by integrating ESG considerations into our investment decision-making and broader investment process, as well as actively engaging with the businesses that we invest in on behalf of our clients.
This Guidebook aims to guide investors in understanding responsible investing, including the impact of ESG risks on the long-term value of capital, and offers strategies and tools in responsible investment practices.
It’s natural for leading, well-run companies to drive sustainability as they are most likely to have enduring and market-leading profitability. The UN SDGs give us the perfect framework to assess this to work towards a better world for future generations.
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