KBC Asset Management is the leading asset manager in Belgium and has been able to expand in other markets around the world successfully. Its Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) Funds have experienced an increasing popularity. Thereby KBC Asset Management can rely on sixteen years of experience in this niche, as in 1992 the first SRI fund (KBC Eco Fund Word) was launched. Since then, the SRI department has constantly enlarged its product line and has become the largest provider of socially responsible investments in Europe. KBC Asset Management has developed two SRI strategies: one for investing in global CSR-leaders, using best-in-class methodology; and the focus approach, targeting sustainable theme-specific companies (water, alternative energy, agriculture, climate change, etc.).

The SRI strategies are implemented in SRI funds, life insurance investments and institutional mandates for investors, located in Belgium, Central and Eastern Europe but also the US, Korea, Japan, Australia and Taiwan. All together, these portfolio’s represent a volume of about € 7 billion.