Using your investments to fashion the future
Your investments will change the world. The very first euro you invest will be the first step in outlining your vision of the future. This makes investment a pro-active activity that you can shape to suit your personality, aspirations and values.
Here at Candriam, we believe that investment involves not just a search for immediate maximum profit for the investor, but rather is an action beneficial to all stakeholders.
For 25 years now, we have been innovating to identify – based on constantly upgraded proprietary analysis – those companies, in our eyes, most aware of their role in society.
“Our clients, who share this vision, and who are concerned with human progress on a planet with finite resources, believe in our ability to join with them in shaping the economy of tomorrow.”
A vision of the world
Our philosophy
Candriam, practising what it preaches, is as demanding of itself as it is of the companies in which it invests.
Since its foundation, Candriam has aimed to behave as responsibly as possible behaviour towards all stakeholders – clients, collaborators, suppliers, civil society and the environment.
Candriam, a responsible investor, consequently implements numerous initiatives on behalf of its stakeholders in an effort to constantly push back its corporate responsibility boundaries.
A short history lesson
Candriam and “responsible investment” go back a long way. To 1996, in fact. When only a few pioneers took an interest in that topic. That was the year in which Candriam launched its first two sustainable funds.
Candriam, in a nutshell …
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A wide range of ESG portfolios and services
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One of Europe’s biggest ESG teams
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77% of AUM in ESG assets
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Gradual integration into all other strategies
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1996First SRI strategy
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2000Launch of the Sustainable product range
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2003Setup of proxy voting system
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2005Creation of in-house ESG research team
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2006Founding signatory of PRI
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2008First Emerging Markets equity strategy
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2009Creation of ESG sovereign analysis
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2010ESG indexed strategies
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2015Launch of dedicated sustainability Lux SICAV
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2017Extension of ESG to new asset classes: Emerging Markets Bonds, High Yield & ETFs
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Launch of Candriam Academy
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2018Launch of fossil-free strategies
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2019Launch of strategies fighting cancer and climate change
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2020Launch of strategy supporting circular economy
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2021Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
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2022Launch of Private Debt Impact strategy in joint venture with Kartesia
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2023Publication of Candriam’s Climate Strategy
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2024Launch of first sustainable long-short strategy
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Publication of Candriam’s Biodiversity Strategy
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