The ESG model, which evaluates the sustainability of investments, combines the requirements of a total of 40 well-known organizations for a sustainable future in the areas of environment, social affairs and governance with practical implementation in the financial markets.
In a kind of traffic light system, all Allianz investments are divided into categories - from red for “not sustainable”, through yellow to green for “sustainable”. At the end of 2020, a first interim balance was drawn up together with the WWF. 91.3 percent of the nearly six billion capital investments meet sustainability criteria. At 48 percent, the proportion of very sustainable investments makes up almost half of the portfolio.