SDGs at DWS

Learn more about how DWS includes the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

ESG Engine

Those who invest according to ESG criteria have to take several factors into account when choosing suitable investments. The ESG Engine can provide a solution.

ESG Investments pay off

EU Action plan 2018 to meet the Paris Agreement goals

Keep the increase in global average temperature

to well below 2 °C by 2030

More investments in sustainable projects.

Institutional investors, asset managers, insurance companies

Investment decisions must consider

ESG criteria in the future.

Investment Advisor

Starting in 2020

investment advisors must ask their clients if they want to consider ESG for their investments.

180bn USD per year

needs to be invested by 2030 to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. [1]

Considering

ESG does not cost performance;

with successful active fund management there is a chance for better performance while volatility remains at the same or lower level. [2]

Interested in more details on ESG and the Paris Agreement goals? Get the full pdf here.

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Our commitments to responsible investing

As a fiduciary partner, we are committed to providing ESG solutions and expertise to enable our clients to invest responsibly.

DWS has long recognized the importance of ESG factors for investors and was among the early signatories of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2008. We believe that our expertise and lengthy experience in sustainable investing provide us with valuable insights that can assist us to further protect and grow our clients’ assets over the long term.

The Principles in detail:

  1. We will incorporate ESG issues into investment analysis and decision making process.
  2. We will be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into our ownership policies and practices.
  3. We will seek appropriate disclosure on ESG issues by the entities in which we invest.
  4. We will promote acceptance and implementation of the Principles within the investment industry.
  5. We will work together to enhance our effectiveness in implementing the Principles.
  6. We will each report on our activities and progress towards implementing the Principles (2023 PRI Assessment Report for DWS Group). 

Click here if you would like to know more about the Principles.

 

Corporate Governance & Proxy Voting Policy 2024

DWS Stewardship Report 2023

Working towards net zero

Our 2030 interim decarbonisation targets

DWS journey towards a sustainable investing future as part of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative

Our investment approach towards thermal coal

DWS Coal Policy

Our Net Zero Annual Disclosure for 2020

DWS reports against net zero commitments
Nov 26, 2019 ESG

Interview: Risico’s van klimaatverandering

Fiancialinvestigator interview met Michael Lewis
Oct 03, 2024 Sustainability

Stress testing equity markets with higher carbon prices

Comparing the impact on traditional and ESG equity indices
Sep 27, 2024 ESG

Reaching Net Zero remains possible

Limiting temperature increases to 1.5-2.0 Celsius degrees is not an elusive dream if the growth rates in investments into energy transition of the last five years can be maintained.
Sep 24, 2024 ESG

The corporate green bond renaissance

Financing climate transition plans
Sep 13, 2024 ESG

Chinese electric cars are in the fast lane

The electrification of the global vehicle fleet is progressing – which poses serious challenges for traditional carmakers, not least European ones.
Aug 30, 2024 ESG

China dominates the expansion of solar capacity

Growing supply led to significantly falling prices for solar modules
Jul 19, 2024 ESG

The last emissions cuts better be the deepest

Based on current trajectories, Europe’s 2030 greenhouse-gas-emission ambitions are in jeopardy. To meet its targets, Europe needs to dial up decarbonization efforts.

Sustainable Finance Report #2

Sustainable Finance Report #1

The gathering forces of ESG investing explored
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Capabilities

ESG

Responsible Investment Center

Delivering ESG governance
ESG

ESG Engine

The heart of the ESG investment process
ESG

Corporate Governance

Expressing our view

Investing ESG

Actively managed ESG mutual funds
 

Thanks to the flexibility of the ESG Engine, we have been able to formulate common “minimum ESG” rules for all of our ESG retail funds in Active: for corporates, for sovereigns, and for green bonds. We use these standards to ensure that funds are ESG-compliant and as a basis for our conversations with institutional clients seeking advice on customised ESG solutions.



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Passively indexed ESG funds

We are able to use a unique implementation in determining an ESG-oriented investment universe. We can rely on existing or customised ESG indices, closely cooperating with index providers, or we can use our proprietary ESG Engine to filter a standard market index.



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ESG in alternatives investments
 

ESG is central to our Alternatives division’s investment process. It helps us to identify and mitigate potential key risks and to harness opportunities across our real assets business, which includes real estate and infrastructure and listed securities in these asset classes.



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1. Source: United Nations Organisation, January 2019.

2. Source: Metastudy on ESG Performance by Friede, Busch and Bassen, University of Hamburg, December 2015.

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