Sustainability and Corporate Governance Report 202
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HOW TO EQUIP OURSELVES FOR A CHANGING WORLD – HAN
DELSBANKEN FONDER Our lifestyles affect the world we live in How we live our lives is fundamental to our well-being and also impacts the world around us. For us as investors, we must understand what people’s lifestyles around the world look like and the changes that occur over time, because it affects which goods and services we use and what behaviours we adopt. Our lifestyles can differ significantly depending on social environment, level of education, economic conditions and place of residence. Lifestyles involve how we choose to eat, live, consume, travel, how we work and educate ourselves, what we do in our spare time and our community engagement. It is important for us to understand changing lifestyles and the emerging risks that come with them, since we are invested in companies that offer lifestyle products and services. Our approach to sustainable lifestyles We target our investments to companies that develop and offer solutions to health challenges. We choose not to invest in sectors that discourage the development of sustainable lifestyles, and we also analyse the consequences of changing lifestyles. Tobacco and alcohol are among the industries we have excluded. The lifestyle we choose, or end up in, is critical to our health outcomes. • Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are by far the leading cause of death in the world, accounting for 71 per cent of all deaths. • NCDs can be effectively prevented by measures that address tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol. • 77 per cent of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. • If the major risk factors for NCDs were eliminated, about 80 per cent of all heart disease, stroke and diabetes as well as 40 per cent of all cancers would be prevented. • 1.5 billion adults aged 20 and over were overweight in 2015. • Tobacco use kills nearly 7.2 million people every year.12 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. 51