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HOW WE TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE CLIMATE IMPACT – HAN
DELSBANKEN FONDER The carbon footprint must be at least 55% lower than the investment universe Reduce carbon footprint by at least 7% annually. Facts about our new Paris-Aligned Benchmarks • The sustainability requirements in the benchmarks aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The companies in the benchmark are selected and weighted so that the benchmark portfolio’s emissions are adjusted to the Paris Agreement’s climate goals. • Our indices are more ambitious than the requirements of the EU guidelines and should have a carbon footprint of4 at least 55 per cent lower than the investment universe. The indices must also reduce carbon footprint by at least 7 per cent annually. • Companies that set science-based emissions targets or clearly contribute to the 2030 Agenda climate goals are favoured. • The indices strictly exclude fossil fuels but can invest in companies in transition. • They are designed to maintain the same exposure to sectors with a high climate impact as their investable universe of securities. This means that carbon dioxide reduction cannot be achieved simply by shifting investments to sectors with a low climate impact. • As today, the funds and their indices have extensive exclusion requirements regarding companies that violate international norms and conventions as well as controversial sectors. • The indices constitute a registered EU benchmark for alignment with the Paris Agreement, known as the Paris-Aligned Benchmark. Optimise • Carbon dioxide reduction • Sectors essential for climate transition • Active risk minimisation Paris-Aligned Benchmarks Information about risk Past performance does not predict future returns. The value of the money invested in the fund can increase or decrease and there is no guarantee that all of your invested capital can be redeemed. The fund’s prospectus (“Informations broschyr”), fund rules and KIID are available at handelsbanken.se/funds. 29