
Responsible Standard
Valid for all Responsible- and Impact-Funds of Erste AM
Specific criteria apply to ERSTE WWF STOCK ENVIRONMENT
The Responsible Standard applies to our Responsible and Impact funds. When selecting investments, companies are assessed against defined criteria in the areas of environmental, social and corporate governance issues. The exclusion criteria applied here are stricter than those under the Integration Standard. Impact funds also focus specifically on environmental or social topics.
Please note that specific rules apply to the ERSTE WWF STOCK ENVIRONMENT.
Direct investments in issues by companies
Controversial behavior
Direct investments in issues by companies
Controversial activities
Direct investments in issues by sovereigns
zero tolerance
maximum 5% of revenues
In order to keep exclusion criteria operationally feasible in the sense of a detection limit, these refer to practicable / available reference values such as company turnover, share of total reserves for companies or GDP for countries. The exclusion criteria also apply to consolidated shareholdings (> 50% shareholding).
Publications and policies mentioned
Policy against speculation on food and agricultural commodities
August 2026: Complete revision and redesign of the exclusion criteria.
November 2025: Companies - Tobacco
- The list of criteria has been updated.
- Distribution of tobacco products: max. 5% of revenues added to Responsible Funds.
September 2025: The listing of ESG Responsible funds has been updated.
July 2025: Companies - Fossil Fuels - Renaming from „Refining and liquefaction of hard coal and lignite" to „Fuels produced from coal“.
June 2025: Companies - Weapons and Armaments - Manufacturers of banned weapons and/or their essential components: Criteria has been added.
May 2025: The listing of ESG Responsible funds has been updated.
March 2025: The listing of ESG Responsible funds has been changed.
February 2025: Sovereigns - change in military expenses for the responsible funds from max. 3% to max. 4%.
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The mutual funds are managed by Erste Asset Management GmbH, with registered office at Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna, Austria, registered in the Commercial Register of the Commercial Court of Vienna under registration number 102018 b, which is doing business in the territory of the Slovak Republic through the organisational unit Erste Asset Management GmbH, pobočka Slovenská republika, with registered office at Tomášikova 48, 832 65 Bratislava, IČO: 51 410 818, registered in the Commercial Register of the Municipal Court of Bratislava III, Section: Po, Insert No.: 4550/B. Investing in mutual funds is also associated with risk. The value of the investment may also decrease and there is no guarantee of a return on the amount originally invested. Past returns on an investment in mutual funds are no guarantee of future returns.