It’s our pleasure to share EQ Investors’ ninth Positive Impact Report, reflecting on the progress we’ve achieved since launching the Positive Impact strategy thirteen years ago.
This year’s report highlights the diverse outcome areas, business models, and geographies supported by our clients’ investments through the EQ Positive Impact Portfolios.
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We continue to align our strategy with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), working closely with impact-driven fund managers to address today’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.
Representative exposure by SDG theme
Additionally, we outline EQ’s stewardship of our clients’ capital and present engagement outcomes across five key themes – each designed to enhance the positive impact of our clients’ investments through ongoing dialogue with portfolio companies.
2025 highlights
- Portfolios maintain a 0% allocation to negative business activities, compared with 11–30% typically found in traditional market benchmarks.
- The carbon avoided by portfolio companies exceeds their operational carbon footprints, driven by intentional investments in climate-mitigation solutions.
- More than 70% of all bonds held are social, green, or sustainability-linked, versus roughly 2% across the global bond market.
- The EQ team conducted 64 individual fund-manager engagements across five thematic areas, including ethical AI, biodiversity risk, and human-rights risks in supply chains.
- We also include company-level case studies demonstrating how we assess real-world outcomes and connect companies’ activities to measurable contributions to the SDGs.
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Looking forward, our focus remains on delivering competitive, long-term financial returns for our clients by investing in companies that create positive social and environmental impact.