Solutions for climate-committed asset owners
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Our Philosophy
We are convinced that investors play an important role in supporting the climate transition. In our view, in a world that needs to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions, forward‑looking, market‑based investment approaches can help allocate capital to companies with credible decarbonisation strategies.
Munich Re Investment Partners considers investments holistically. We focus on systematic investing that considers climate transition risks and opportunities alongside financial objectives. Our approach aims to balance climate‑related and financial objectives to support well‑informed portfolio positioning. Our disciplined investment framework strives to support the climate transition by investing in issuers with credible decarbonisation strategies, while pursuing sound risk return characteristics.
We believe that it takes the right investment mindset, skills, and culture to offer a rigorous investment framework and an excellent client experience. Ultimately, it’s the sustainability and climate conviction which is deeply embedded in Munich Re Investment Partners’ corporate values as well as the investment drive and expertise of our people that makes the difference to the benefit of our clients. We take strong care that, as an innovative climate investment manager, we continuously live up to this spirit.
For us, acting responsibly means creating added value.
We believe in the power of financial and carbon markets to capitalise opportunities arising from climate transition.
Company Spirit
Munich Re Investment Partners is a specialized investment boutique that delivers innovative solutions for climate-committed institutional asset owners globally.
Munich Re Group established Munich Re Investment Partners as a specialist boutique asset manager focused on market-driven investment solutions for climate-committed institutional asset owners.
We capitalise the vast climate know-how of Munich Re through a continuous dialogue between climate, risk and investment experts. Our investment solutions give outside investors the opportunity to benefit from this expertise.
We bring conviction and skills to climate investing. Our team combines investment expertise and sustainability proficiency, drawn from all relevant areas of practice, to provide a distinctive competitive edge in climate investing.
To underscore our conviction and commitment to climate investing, Munich Re Investment Partners has joined the UN Principles for Responsible Investing. We embrace the Group’s sustainability ambitions and live up to these principles in our function as an investment manager.
Our Legacy
Munich Re Group has a long history of sustainability engagement. Since 1973, Munich Re Group has raised awareness for climate change through its analyses and research. Global warming, changing weather patterns, and natural catastrophes affect every market participant. Munich Re Group solutions ever since helped to effectively cope with the financial consequences of natural disasters. Addressing complex climate risks means being able to understand long term effects and drivers through collecting and managing large amounts of data and expertise to measure and evaluate these impacts. Since 2008, Munich Re Group has a holistic climate strategy in place, which continuously evolves. As our corporate responsibility, we have ambitious climate goals for all liabilities, assets and operations, confirmed by the Munich Re Group Ambition 2030.
“Climate Ambition 2030 sets our targets by integrating climate‑related insights into investment decision‑making, consistent with our long‑term risk and return objectives.”
Nicholas Gartside, Member of the Board of Management and Chief Investment Officer
Munich Re Group is aware of its responsibility and impact on sustainability as a large asset owner and investor, so ESG integration and ESG criteria have been key elements of the investment strategy for many years. Munich Re is continuously receiving good ESG-ratings from leading research agencies, and is included in a range of ESG and sustainability indices. It was one of the first companies to sign up to the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2006. To continue identifying risks and opportunities beyond the standard financial analysis, Munich Re Group is constantly developing its sustainable investment strategy in line with the latest scientific insights.
Munich Re Investment Partners, as a specialised asset manager with a dedicated focus on climate investing is looking to seize the opportunities arising from climate transition.