The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals – such as eradicating poverty and encouraging gender equality and climate action – that the intergovernmental organisation hopes see implemented by 2030.
Nomura Asset Management’s Global Sustainable Equity Fund focuses on the UN SDGs via a portfolio of 30-40 global equity stocks in sectors such as healthcare, renewable energy and fintech.
In this video, portfolio manager Alex Rowe outlines the challenges funds face trying to adopt the UN SDGs into an ESG framework and whether investors should be worried about ‘rainbow washing’.
Nomura Global Sustainable Equity Fund vs benchmark
