KBC AM has drawn up a policy on investing in companies that are active in ‘controversial countries’

KBC AM uses a decision-making matrix to judge which companies with operations in controversial countries may be included in a sustainable selection. The matrix sets the controversial character of a regime against the relevant commercial activity. Nations are rated using a model based on a combination of human rights indicators. Using this method, KBC AM has arrived at a group of 18 controversial countries. Application of the matrix in the spring of 2008 resulted in the additional exclusion of 33 companies from the sustainable investment universe. KBC AM will apply this procedure annually to the equity universe on which sustainable investment funds of the best-in-class type are permitted to draw.
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