Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
By signing the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the W&W Group is undertaking to introduce and comply with the six Principles for Responsible Investment.
Commitment through capital investment
We take responsibility, especially in our core business, and pursue an active approach to reducing harmful emissions in our investment portfolios.
Green/Sustainable Bonds
We are striving to take this form of investment into consideration for new investments and reinvestments in order to make a further contribution towards the financing of environmentally friendly projects.
As an investor, the W&W Group has a major influence on the successful structural change towards a more climate-friendly society.
W&W Green Bonds
Investment principles
We exclude companies and countries that are not in line with our investment principles. Among other things, we do not invest in companies,
- whose activities are related to controversial weapons covered by UN conventions (biological and chemical weapons, incendiary weapons, anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions),
- who, as arms manufacturers/dealers (excluding NATO/EU countries), generate 10% or more of their turnover in one of the individual sectors,
- for which 10% or more of their activities (measured by turnover) are related to coal,
- where labour law controversies regarding forced labour or the employment of children can be proven.
We likewise do not invest in countries that have an authoritarian regime or are considered unfree states (classification according to the Freedom House Index). In addition, agricultural commodities are not part of our strategic asset allocation.
We have long pursued an active approach to sustainability in which, among other things, investment in renewable energies has been an integral part of the strategic investment process for many years and thus part of the possible investment universe.