SDG-aligned investing
Why invest in SDG-aligned strategies
Meeting the UN SDGs by the target year of 2030, will require substantial investment from both the public and private markets. This investment will help to support the innovative businesses creating solutions to address the challenges we face. Investment in these SDG-aligned businesses can unlock a triple alpha opportunity for investors:
financial alpha, social alpha and environmental alpha.
Investors no longer consider supporting environmental sustainability and social equality as an add on to an investment strategy. Investors demand more than pure financial alpha, and even ESG risk management, shifting to positive outcome orientated investment approaches. SDG aligned investing directs capital towards companies which we call ‘Key Enablers’ – that are providing solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. Read more about the difference between a company’s handprint and their footprint in our dedicated investment process section below.
We have a passionate and experienced team specialising in SDG-aligned strategies, supported by our global research platform and dedicated ESG analysts. We provide a holistic reflection of the alignment of a portfolio with our themes and target SDGs. There are both qualitative and qualitative assessments to our reporting as the impact a solution may have globally may not be easily measured and many companies are often aligned with more than one single SDG. We actively engage with the companies in our portfolios.
The SDGs create growth investment opportunities
Financing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals constitutes a thematic investment opportunity with potential. According to a report by the Business & Sustainable Development Commission (January 2017), the SDGs could generate USD 12 trillion in business savings and revenue across four sectors by 2030: energy, cities, food and agriculture, and health and well-being. The report also estimates the creation of 380 million new jobs linked to these four sectors in the next ten or fifteen years due to alignment of business strategy to the SDGs.
Investing across the Sustainable Development Goals with Allianz Global Investors
Unlocking the triple alpha effect: environmental, social and financial alpha. Our SDG-aligned strategies focus on investing for positive outcomes. We invest in companies that are providing solutions to address the world’s challenges and are helping to meet the environmental and social targets set out in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Health | Financial Inclusion |
Education | Food Security |
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| Allianz Smart Energy | ✓ | |||||||
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| Allianz Clean Planet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Allianz Positive Change | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
SDG-related insights
Investing involves risk. The value of an investment and the income from it may fall as well as rise and investors might not get back the full amount invested. The volatility of fund unit/share prices may be increased or even strongly increased. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Investment funds may not be available for sale in all jurisdictions or to certain categories of investors.
For professional investors in Europe (excluding Switzerland)
For a free copy of the sales prospectus, incorporation documents, daily fund prices, key investor information, latest annual and semi-annual financial reports, contact the issuer at the address indicated below or www.allianzgi-regulatory.eu. Austrian investors may also contact the Austrian information agent Allianz Investmentbank AG, Hietzinger Kai 101-105, A-1130 Vienna. Please read these documents, which are solely binding, carefully before investing. This is a marketing communication issued by Allianz Global Investors GmbH, www.allianzgi.com, an investment company with limited liability, incorporated in Germany, with its registered office at Bockenheimer Landstrasse 42-44, 60323 Frankfurt/M, registered with the local court Frankfurt/M under HRB 9340, authorised by Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (www.bafin.de). Allianz Global Investors GmbH has established branches in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands. Contact details and information on the local regulation are available here (www.allianzgi.com/Info).
For qualified investors in Switzerland
For a free copy of the sales prospectus, incorporation documents, daily fund prices, key investor information, latest annual and semi-annual financial reports, contact the Swiss funds’ representative and paying agent BNP Paribas Securities Services, Paris, Zurich branch, Selnaustrasse 16, CH-8002 Zürich or the issuer either electronically or by mail at the given address. Please read these documents, which are solely binding, carefully before investing. This is a marketing communication issued by Allianz Global Investors (Schweiz) AG, a 100% subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors GmbH.
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