Greenfin Label awarded to G Fund Global Green Bonds: Groupama Asset Management earns another official label for its ESG range

A selective label

This label, created and supported by the French Ministry for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, provides a guarantee to investors (banks, insurance companies and private investors) that the financial products bearing the label genuinely contribute to ecological and energy transition. The stated aim of the authorities is to mobilize a significant share of investment to help fund ecological and energy transition.

In practice, this label is based on 4 specific criteria: calculation of the share of green investment in the total investment of the issuers selected in the portfolio, formal exclusions of certain activities, consideration of ESG criteria (environmental, social and governance criteria) and measurement of the positive impact of the investments.

“Obtainingthis public label is essential for us. The selectivity of the Greenfin label compared to other more generalist market labels makes it particularly attractive,  especially for investors looking for a label that is demanding in the environmental domain while also taking into account the social and governance pillars,” emphasizes Jean-Louis Autant, Director of CSR.

 

Dynamic investment approach

Based on the principle of active fixed-income management, including rigorous selectivity of the issuing entities, G Fund Global Green Bonds invests mainly in “Green Bonds”, which account for 80 to 100% of the net assets of the fund from every geographical zone.

The philosophy of the fund is to support issuers in their initiatives in the various fields of ecological and energy transition, such as renewable energies, pollution control, clean transportation, waste management and water conservation, while at the same time generating financial performance.

In detail, bond picking is based on the eligibility criteria defined by Groupama AM, applied to the characteristics of the instrument and of the issuer. So, the internal research team analyzes the extra-financial criteria relating to:

• The issue, in terms of traceability and capital management, the project selection process and compliance with the criteria defined by the “Green Bond Principles”*
• The issuer, in terms of its ESG performance
• The environmental quality of the projects
• The transparency of the issuer and projects.

Green Bonds, a fully-fledged asset class that continues to grow

The commonly accepted definition of green bonds is that they are fixed-income instruments issued on the markets by a company, public entity or the state for the exclusive purpose of financing projects that contribute to the ecological transition or that have a positive impact on the environment. So, their use is exclusively aimed at financing “green projects”.

Worldwide, the Green Bonds market represents USD 750 billion of assets under management (as of the end of December 2019), and the major sources of issues are the Chinese, North American and French markets.

 

More about the GreenFin Label

Created by the French Ministry for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, the “Greenfin Label” (formerly the “TEEC Label”) is the first national label dedicated to green finance. It guarantees to investors (banks, insurance companies and private investors) that the financial products to which it is awarded contribute to financing ecological and environmental transition in at least one of the following four domains: climate change, water, natural resources and biodiversity. This public label is jointly promoted by Novethic, EY France and AFNOR Certification. The label is awarded for a period of three years, and compliance is verified by annual follow-up audits.

 

For further information: https://www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr/label-greenfin

 

* The “Green Bond Principles” are the principles defined by ICMA – International Capital Markets Association

 

Regulatory information

Description	G Fund Global Green Bonds
ISIN  Code	FR0010213397
Legal status	French-law UCITS (“SICAV”)
AMF Classification	Bonds and other securities in euros
Benchmark	Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Green Bond Index Total Return Index Value Hedged Euros Clôture
Type of investment fund	UCITS
Capitalization/ Distribution	Capitalization
Bloomberg code	GRPGHMN :FP
Total Net Assets	31 M. EUR as on 31/12/2019
NAV valuation period	Daily
Subscriptions / redemptions	Every working day before 11 a.m., Paris time – NAV unknown – Settlement D+3
Maximum management fees (%)	Fixed: 0.70% Variable: None
Entry charge(%)	Not paid into the UCITS: 4% maximum Paid into the UCITS: None
Redemption charge(%)	Not paid into the UCITS: None Paid into the UCITS: None
Transaction commission	Yes
Custodian bank	CACEIS BANK France

 

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