ERSTE STOCK ENVIRONMENT
Global equity fund with a focus on environmental technology
A Fund for the Environment
The ERSTE STOCK ENVIRONMENT invests worldwide in companies whose products and services help address global environmental challenges. Please note that investing in mutual funds involves risks as well as opportunities.
The companies whose shares were held by the ERSTE STOCK ENVIRONMENT as of the reporting date make the following annual contributions to environmental protection, as illustrated by the following figures. These figures do not represent the ERSTE STOCK ENVIRONMENT’s share or any assumed impact, but rather the total impact of the companies, based on their reporting.*
Global equity fund with a focus on the environment
56 million people
were provided with clean drinking water by the companies in which the fund invests (source: total supply capacity of the water supply companies held in the fund).
28 million households
were supplied with renewable energy by the companies in the fund (source: power consumption per household and year in Austria: 5.15 MWh, Statistics Austria). The total installed capacity of renewable energy by the end of 2025 was 226.3 GW. This corresponds to 50 times the capacity of the world’s largest lignite-fired power plant (source: Spiegel).
672 million tonnes of CO2e
were saved in 2025 through the installation of new renewable energy sources by the companies in the fund (source: Climate Protection Report, Environment Agency Austria).
626,650 green jobs
Employees of the investee companies meet the EU’s definition of green jobs (source: Green Jobs in Austria).
100 % share of renewable energies
in the electricity generated by the energy producers held in the fund. That is more than twice the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, which consists largely of fossil fuels and nuclear energy (Source: EIA, U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2025).
32,312,598 tonnes of waste
were saved through recycling efforts by the companies in the fund. This corresponds to 26.62 times the amount of waste generated by the City of Vienna in 2024 (source: annual Report 2024 of Municipal Department MA 48).
* These figures provide a snapshot of a specific point in time and may change over time. The indicators shown here measure the overall impact generated by the companies held in the fund as at the reporting date. The data is aggregated by an external ESG research partner based on the reports of the companies in which the fund has invested. The comparative figures provided are selected and calculated by the ESG research partner using reliable public sources. Source: Erste AM, ESG+, company data.
Environmentally sustainable investments within the meaning of the EU Taxonomy Regulation as at 30 April 2026: 40.58 %.
This figure only includes climate-related investments of the fund, as no data of sufficient quality is available yet on the other topics covered by the Regulation, such as water or waste.
ERSTE STOCK ENVIRONMENT invests in the following areas:
These figures provide a snapshot of a specific point in time and may change over time. Please note that investments in investment funds entail both opportunities and risks. Updated in 2026, data of 2024-2025, portfolio as at 30 April 2026
Sustainable Development Goals and ERSTE STOCK ENVIRONMENT:
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are at the centre of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to which all UN Member States subscribed in 2015. The 17 SDGs cover social, economic and environmental issues, focusing on the fight against poverty, education and health as well as clean water, forward-looking infrastructure, responsible consumption and joint efforts to combat climate change.
The following chart shows the investments of the fund in alignment with the SDGs and the associated targets. For example, investments in renewable energies were allocated to SDG 7 “Affordable and clean energy”. The figures in the chart refer to the proportion of the fund’s total investment assets that positively contributes to the achievement of the relevant goal (source: Erste Asset Management supports the UN SDGs, data as of 30.04.2026).
Disclaimer
This document is an advertisement. Please refer to the prospectus of the UCITS or to the Information for Investors pursuant to Art 21 AIFMG of the alternative investment fund and the Key Information Document before making any final investment decisions. All data is sourced from Erste Asset Management GmbH, unless indicated otherwise. Our languages of communication are German and English.
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