Opportunities in Responsible Investment

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Sustainable advantages are competitive advantages. Help clients harness the potential.

For some companies and investors, climate change and other sustainable development challenges only represent obstacles to overcome. For others, environmental issues represent business opportunities to position themselves for the next major shift in global business:

  • By offering solutions aimed at optimizing resource use.
  • By embracing alternative management models like the circular economy.
  • By developing new technologies to reduce energy consumption needs and/or introduce other efficiencies.

A key component of Desjardins’ responsible investing (RI) solutions is identifying companies solving sustainable development challenges today in order to gain competitive advantage to generate long-term value tomorrow. Investing with these companies can help your clients build the foundations for interesting return potential while helping to leave behind a positive impact.

Tangible impact

Water

Globally, it’s projected that we must spend US$7.5 trillion on water infrastructure until 2030.1

Energy

In 2018 alone, US$332 billion was invested in alternative clean energy technologies worldwide.2

Transport

By 2025, electric and hybrid-electric vehicles will account for an estimated 30% of global vehicle sales.3

Agriculture

Shifting to sustainable food and agriculture could create US$2 trillion in new economic value by 2030.4

Community

171 million people could be lifted out of extreme poverty if all children left school with basic reading skills.5

Equality

Achieving gender equality could contribute up to US$28 trillion to global GDP by 2025.6

Thematic funds

Help your clients invest thematically, in companies positioned to seize emerging opportunities related to the transition to a more sustainable world.

Be proactive

Help clients take action today. Recommend Desjardins’s industry-leading responsible investment solutions.

Materials and training

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  1. 1. McKinsey Global Institute, Bridging Global Infrastructure Gaps, June 2017. - External link. Opens in a new window.
  2. 2. Bloomberg New Energy Finance, State of Clean Energy Investment, January 2019. - External link. Opens in a new window.
  3. 3. J.P. Morgan, Driving into 2025: The Future of Electric Vehicles, October 10, 2018. - External link. Opens in a new window.
  4. 4. BSDC, Better Business, Better World Report, 2017. - External link. Opens in a new window.
  5. 5. 2016 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report. - External link. Opens in a new window.
  6. 6. McKinsey Global Institute Report, How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth, September 2015. - External link. Opens in a new window.