Create impact beyond capital growth and income
You expect your wealth to do more than just grow. That’s why we invest your wealth in a way that promotes and aligns with long-term sustainability.
Our team assesses how sustainably a company operates – how it’s run, treats its people, and manages its impact. It's a more considered way to allocate capital, and it can lead to better returns.
Our research team takes these factors into consideration, bolstered by Sustainalytics, global leaders in sustainability research. As custodians of your wealth, we don't stop there. We vote, engage and stay close to the businesses we back, on your behalf.
A considered approach to investing
Living in society, not off it
We don't see our business as separate from the economy, the environment or society. They’re all connected, and we invest with that in mind. As signatories of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, we've committed to investing in a way that recognises those connections.
It's also why a company's responsibility matters to its returns. Businesses that ignore their wider impact, or the people who depend on them, rarely sustain strong performance over time. Identifying the ones that do is at the heart of how we invest.
The commitments behind every investment
Publishing our framework
Make our Principle-Based Framework for Responsible Investment public, so you can see the thinking behind our decisions.
Driving sustainability
Continue to support long-term sustainability by integrating, engaging, and reporting material ESG issues.
Responsible stewardship
Continue to exercise our and our clients’ ownership rights responsibly.
Reporting with transparency
Share the results and progress of our work, so you always know where things stand.
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Discover more about sustainable investments
Long-term investing demands a dynamic approach, now more than ever
Investing well over decades means staying active, curious, and willing to evolve as the world does. Deepening the way we account for sustainability is a priority we'll keep returning to, on your behalf.
Invest in a fund that strives to have a 100% net positive impact, and be guided in understanding responsible investing, including the impact of ESG risks.
Investec Global Sustainable Equity fund
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ESG & Responsible investing guidebook
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A responsible investing roadmap
Boipelo Rabothata and Maxine Gray discuss how investors should approach responsible investing and measure its impact with Jeremy Maggs on the latest episode of Investec’s No Ordinary Wednesday podcast.
VOTING RECORDS
With ownership comes responsibility
As an active investment manager, we believe that we have a responsibility to constantly monitor our investments, exercise our right to vote, engage with company management and, when necessary, raise resolutions or call meetings. We will exercise our fiduciary voting responsibilities on all material issues, which can encompass anything from remuneration to board composition.
Explore the results of our voting activities in the table below. Click on each company name to access detailed resolution information:
The blueprint for a better future
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world's shared plan for a fairer, more sustainable future – and the framework we measure our impact against.
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The Class of 2030
Follow a diverse group of classmates on a learning journey through the Sustainable Development Goals, and find where you fit in building a more sustainable world.
More on sustainability
Road to 2030
Dive into the Road to 2030, an article series offering different perspective and insights on each of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Statutory information
Investec Investment Management (Pty) Ltd registration number: 2013/001592/07. An authorised financial services provider, license number 44897.