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Positive Impact Investing with Path Financial

Impact investment seeks a measurable social or environmental impact alongside a financial return.

Attitudes to investing are changing – a growing number of investors are beginning to question exactly where their pensions and savings are held and the impact these investments are having on both people and planet.

The advancement of green technology, renewable energy and innovative business models tackling climate change means more opportunity than ever for investors. Investing your pension, ISA and other investments within a well-constructed Positive Impact portfolio chooses to remove investment from industries and sectors that are part of the problem and redirects funds to businesses that are actively working towards generating long-term solutions.

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Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Our portfolio analysts’ selection process is guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They seek investment opportunities that focus on both individual targets and those that cross over a number of goals, such as Climate Action and Social Welfare.

The UN SDGs are a blueprint for all countries to promote development that meets the needs of people and planet today, while building resilience and sustainability for future generations. Economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection are the three key elements underpinning the 17 individual goals.

Our analysts build our portfolios using select funds that invest in companies contributing to solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face. Aligning the portfolio to the UN SDGs naturally means we avoid investment into socially and environmentally damaging sectors such as oil & gas, mining, corruption, human rights abuses, and poor environmental governance.

Your pension could have 21x more impact on your carbon footprint than other behavioural changes [1]

The way forward

Maximum climate impact
Optimised for UN Sustainable Goals
Welcoming, expert advisers

Choosing Positive Impact investing not only focuses on climate concerns and social change – it is a smart investment decision in our changing world. As we get better at identifying how business decisions affect our planet, sustainable leaders are likely to outperform declining industries, and those involved with poor environmental and social practices.

Investing within Positive Impact does not mean sacrificing strong financial returns, nor does it sacrifice diversification. Our portfolio returns are comparable to conventional investment funds, with the benefit of avoiding certain risks such as changes to climate legislation, consumer behaviour and the possibility of stranded assets in future.

Examples of where we invest, for financial performance + climate solutions

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Orsted
A Danish electric utility company that has shifted from fossil fuels to renewable energy and become the global leader in offshore wind installation.
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Tomra
Improving recycling rates with state-of-the-art reverse vending machines that capture 40 billion used drinks containers every year.
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Xylem
‘Solving water’ through smart technology to meet the world’s water, wastewater and energy needs.
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Bank Rakyat
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Teladoc Health
Pioneering technology-enabled healthcare access in 130 countries.

Examples of where we invest, for financial performance + climate solutions

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Orsted
A Danish electric utility company that has shifted from fossil fuels to renewable energy and become the global leader in offshore wind installation.
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Tomra
Improving recycling rates with state-of-the-art reverse vending machines that capture 40 billion used drinks containers every year.
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Xylem
‘Solving water’ through smart technology to meet the world’s water, wastewater and energy needs.
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Bank Rakyat
Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in Teladoc Health
Pioneering technology-enabled healthcare access in 130 countries.

Areas where your money can help

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in clean energy

Clean Energy

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in human rights

Human Rights

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in healthcare

Healthcare

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in education

Education

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in green technologies

Green Technologies

Ethical Financial Advisers Path Financial investing in reforestation

Reforestation

In a single year, £100,000 invested in a green pension could achieve

tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided
tonnes of waste recycled
MWh of renewable energy generated
million litres of clean water provided
tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided
million litres of clean water provided
MWh of renewable energy generated
tonnes of waste recycled

RISK WARNING:
As always with investments, your capital is at risk. The value of your investment can go down as well as up, and you may get back less than you invest. This information should not be regarded as financial advice.

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[1] Recent research by Make My Money Matter.