Amundi has announced the launch of a range of net zero funds across the main asset classes.

The suite of actively and passively managed funds is open to institutional and retail investors and have an objective of reducing their portfolios’ carbon intensity by 30% by 2025 and 60% by 2030 compared to 2019. The suite of strategies integrate ESG considerations with a net zero ambition pathway by selecting companies best equipped to transition by 2050 with regards to their carbon reduction pathway.

Vincent Mortier, Group CIO at Amundi, says, “Trillions of euros of capital will be needed to speed the path to decarbonisation, which cannot be done by governments alone. The global asset management industry – which is expected to be managing over $145 trillion by 2025[5] – has the scale to make things happen and trigger the momentum required to get the world to Net Zero. This is why, as a European asset management leader, we are launching the Net Zero ambitions range across active, passive, and real assets, so investors can fuel the transition and put their savings to work, while earning investment returns. It is also critical to provide investors with a wide range of choices in order to help them align their investments to a Net Zero decarbonisation pathway.”

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