EESG Matrix
For the Earth Sustainable Resources Fund only: companies that seriously violate the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), as well as companies that are active in the arms and armaments, coal and/or tobacco sectors, up to certain thresholds, are not considered for the fund. Companies are further assessed from a sustainability perspective in the areas of economic, environment, social affairs and governance (EESG) on the basis of individually weighted assessment points. Each of the four EESG aspects are weighted equally in the analysis. With a score of 3.0/5.0, the company qualifies for a discrepancy check against Sustainalytics research as well as a controversy check, which involves daily monitoring of 700,000 news sources from around the world to identify those news stories that could be significant from an ESG perspective.