KBC Eco Fund Water Responsible Investing aims to generate a return by investing in the water theme. All regions may be taken into consideration.

The fund invests its assets in shares of companies which are not only a part of this sector, but they also operate in a socially responsible way. Companies are screened twice to ensure the socially responsible nature of this fund. To this end, a specialized research team from KBC Asset Management works with independent experts, who conduct a secondary research of the companies. Also, the fund cannot invest in the assets that are in the exclusion criteria, including tobacco, gambling activities, weapons, fur & exotic leather and adult entertainment.

The negative screening entails that the fund may not invest in assets of companies that are excluded based on exclusion criteria (including tobacco, gambling activities and weapons). More information on the exclusion policy can be found at www.kbc.be/investment-legal-documents > Exclusion policy for Responsible Investing funds.

The positive selection methodology is the responsible investing objective of contributing to a specific sustainability challenge, that is providing access to and improving the efficiency of clean water facilities. This includes the following business activities: water and wastewater facilities, water treatment technology and environmental management consultancy firms. Only companies that focus at least 10% of their activities on this objective may be taken into consideration for the universe. In addition, the fund sets an objective at portfolio level: based on the individual sales figures, the weighted average of the portfolio is calculated in terms of theme relevance. This figure may never be less than 50%. More information on the positive selection methodology and the concrete goals of the fund can be found at www.kbc.be/investment-legal-documents > Investment policy for Responsible Investing funds and in the annex to the prospectus for this fund..

The fund is actively managed without referring to any benchmark.

The fund is denominated in Euro. The shares of the fund which are being offered on the territory of Bulgaria, are capitalization shares, which means that the fund will reinvest any income received in the manner set out in the prospectus. Orders for fund units are executed daily.

There is no protection of the capital.