ESG policy (2025) – LGT Capital Partners

LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) believe asset managers have a responsibility to make investments in a way that support a sustainable future.

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Sustainable investment principles are a core element of LGT CP's corporate culture and their investment beliefs, underlining the company's conviction that investing successfully includes taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into account. This is aligned with LGT CP's conviction that economic performance and sustainability can be fully aligned without compromising traditional risk-return metrics in favor of ESG metrics.

LGT CP became a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment in 2008. Additionally, the firm joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative in March 2021, committing to the goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

For several of their investment programmes the company have clear commitments to invest only in firms that have a positive impact on the SDGs. This document explains LGT CP’s overall approach to integrating ESG criteria into the investment process, as well as the governance setup and other related topics.

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