EdenTree Investment Management has launched the EdenTree Green Future Fund, which aims to invest, globally, into companies that provide genuine solutions to the world’s environmental challenges.
Co-managed by Charlie Thomas, EdenTree’s chief investment officer, and Tom Fitzgerald, fund manager, who have over 30 years combined experience in sustainable and responsible investing, the fund has been designed to help investors position their portfolios to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the transition to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.
The specialist responsible and sustainable asset manager said the fund’s goals and approach have been developed to provide investors with exposure to companies with strong growth prospects and that aim to contribute positively to a green economy that will re-shape the global economy, shift social priorities and drive new and innovative business models.
The managers will take a long-term investment approach, developing a portfolio of between 40 and 60 companies that aims to provide investors with exposure to seven key themes running through the fund which will define the future economy’ These are: circular economy, future mobility alternative energy, water management energy efficiency, regenerative agriculture and environmental services
Thomas commented: “The major shifts we are experiencing across the global economy now present an exciting opportunity for investors to positively influence the world we live in tomorrow.”
“Environmental and Sustainable investing has been my experience and passion for over 20 years. Launching the Green Future Fund is a natural extension, given the focus and expertise of EdenTree for nearly 35 years in responsible and sustainable investment. The Fund is built on a genuine and authentic approach to sustainable investment principles which are a central to EdenTree.
“We believe that significant long-term investment opportunities are derived through allocating capital to the innovative companies that are addressing the world’s environmental challenge and this fund aims to identify those.”
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