Brussels-based KBC Asset Management (KBC), a structured funds operator in the Belgian market for institutional as well as private investors and ASSET4 AG, a provider of objective and measurable environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) information, have jointly announced that KBC Asset Management has subscribed for the ASSET4 information solution.
KBC plans to integrate the ASSET4 data into its in-house sustainability research department’s on-going analysis and screening processes.
Geert Heuninck, Head of SRI Department, KBC, said: “We have selected the assetmasterProfessional solution because of the objectivity and scope of its data as well as the transparency that is built into the entire solution. With the product and its Excel Add-In functionality, our SRI analysts can seamlessly integrate ASSET4’s ESG data into their current best-in-class and environmental research and can continue to expand and deepen our SRI research and screening processes.”
Peter Ohnemus, President and CEO of ASSET4, said: “KBC Asset Management has been a pioneer in socially responsible investment, and we are proud that they have chosen the ASSET4 solution. The combination of their in-house Sustainability Research Department with the independent monitoring coming from their External Advisory Board for Sustainability Analysis and their Environmental Advisory Committee truly sets them apart.
“Now with access to the ASSET4 system, which contains the world’s largest database of ESG information, an ESG news tracking capability and our recently announced carbon emission estimates, the KBC Asset Management sustainability team has an enormous new reservoir of information to rely on for the development of the industry-leading socially responsible funds,” he added.
