Facts about the fund
Fund profile
The objective of the investment policy of the green benefit Global Impact Fund is to achieve the highest possible above-average growth in the value of its investments by investing in international capital markets. In selecting investments, ecological, social and ethical aspects are taken into account. The fund follows a medium to long-term investment approach.
Historical performance of the green benefit Global Impact Fund *
Current sector allocation
Country allocation
Monthly performance *
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Investment process
- Selection of sustainability sectors = generating a positive impact
- Screening for negative criteria = Avoidance of negative impact
- Screening for further criteria
- Fundamental analysis and portfolio composition
Positive criteria
Our investment universe basically consists of the following 10 different sectors:
Hydrogen / fuel cells
renewable energies (solar, wind)
electric mobility / batteries
energy efficiency
drinking water treatment
organic food
health / education
sustainable agriculture / forestry
environmentally friendly products
green building / smart cities
Negative criteria / exclusion criteria
Environment
agricultural genetic engineering
nuclear energy
oil
fossil fuels
fracking
genetic engineering
speculation with food
harmful behaviour to the environment
Social
alcohol
gambling
pornography
tobacco products
armor, cluster bombs
child labour
human rights
animal experiments
Governance
Non-ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
Labour Rights
child labour
human rights
death penalty
unfree states according to Freedom House
non-proliferation treaty violations
Corruption
We invest in pure-play companies
What does Pure-Play mean?
The Pure Play approach means that sustainable investments focus on investing in companies that are only active in a specific sector, such as hydrogen or solar. This ensures that conglomerates, which often have a certain – albeit small – percentage in nuclear energy or similar sectors that we exclude, cannot find their way into our portfolio. It is therefore purer (pure) and easier to assess sustainability criteria.
Examples of pure players in our portfolio
What we do not use is the so-called best-in-class approach:
Best-in-class approach
The best-in-class approach describes a frequently used concept for selecting companies. The best sustainable companies are selected from all industries. In many cases, however, this approach does not go far enough, as the investor does not want the most sustainable oil shares, for example, but no oil shares at all.
Global equity fund
Medium to long-term holding period
Small- / Midcaps
Growth approach
Bottom-up stock picking
Concentrated portfolio with 25-35 companies
Currency hedging of major positions
Ratings
German and Austrian Fund Award 2022
Our green benefit Global Impact Fund was awarded both the German and Austrian Fund Award in 2022 in the category “Sustainable Investments”
Swiss Sustainable Funds Awards 2022
Since June 2022, our fund green benefit Global Impact Fund – P is the winner of the Swiss Sustainable Funds Awards 2022, which honors the best seven sustainable investment funds.
The fund received the award in the category “Equities Thematic”.
€uro Fondsnote
green benefit AG also received the rating of €uro with the fund score 2.
FNG Label 2023
We received the FNG label for 2023 with one star for our fund green benefit Global Impact Fund.
“The FNG Sustainable Investment Fund Seal was developed by the FNG together with financial experts and civil society representatives in a three-year exchange.”
It is the SRI quality standard in the German-speaking financial market.
EDA (06/2022)
The sustainability indicator „Ethical Dynamic Percentage“ („EDA“), for which Mountain-View even holds a patent, indicates the percentage to which a fund meets the standard requirements of the most important ethical, social and environmental criteria. A maximum of 100 points / percent can be achieved. Thus, the higher the EDA score, the more comprehensively the fund meets the sustainability standards.
For more information on the EDA ratio, including how it is calculated, please see here.
The green benefit Global Impact Fund received a score of 94 out of 100 points, ranking among the top 10 percent in terms of sustainability ratings.
Absolut Research
The green benefit Global Impact Fund ranks among the top 10% in the clean-energy-stock sector over the 1-, 3- and 5-year time periods.
Tranches / Downloads
The green benefit Global Impact Fund is issued in two different tranches. The P-tranche is possible from a minimum investment of €50 and is eligible for a savings plan from 0€, whereas the I-tranche is possible from a minimum investment of €50,000.
Currency
Euro
Date of issue
25. February 2015
Performance Fee
15% of the unit value increase per financial quarter with All-Time High-Water Mark
Issue surcharge
up to 5%
P-Tranche
Name
green benefit Global Impact Fund - P
ISIN-Nummer/WKN
LU1136260384 / A12EXH
Management fee
up to 1.75%
Minimum investment
50€
I-Tranche
Name
green benefit Global Impact Fund - I
ISIN-Nummer/WKN
LU1136261358 / A12EXJ
Management fee
up to 0.95%
Minimum investment
50.000€