The Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund is a global core international equity fund benchmarked to the $A MSCI World, net dividends reinvested. Candriam Investors Group sustainable management philosophy generates alpha from two distinct sources: alpha from a sustainable investment universe of companies that rank best of sector with regard to their social, environmental, employment and ethical economic policies; and alpha results from detailed quantitative analysis coupled with a risk controlled portfolio construction process.

The investment process consists of several steps:

     The Eligible ESG Universe is constructed using our in-house ESG proprietary analysis comprising the following elements:

–    Weapons and Controversial Activities screening: we exclude companies with exposure to activities that do not embody sustainability, 

–    Norms-Based Analysis: companies must respect the four principles of the UN Global Compact,

–    Business Activities Analysis: we assess company exposure to five key sustainable challenges central to Long-Term Sustainability,

–    Stakeholders Analysis: companies are evaluated on their management of six types of stakeholders,

–    Stewardship: Dialogue and Proxy Voting are central to our investment process.