Impact equities
Aiming to deliver financial returns while addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality.
Overview
Impact investing has expanded beyond private markets, with listed equity strategies seeking to deliver both positive social and environmental change and strong financial performance. At AXA IM, we believe you don’t have to choose between doing good and earning solid returns—financial sustainability enables both.
Private impact investing is vital at the local level, but public companies have the power to drive global change. They can offer innovative solutions worldwide and influence industries and regions, creating a ripple effect of positive impact.
Our Philosophy and Principles
We invest in financially sound, well-managed companies with strong strategic positions. These companies leverage their innovation and scale to deliver solutions that create meaningful, global impact—such as combating climate change, protecting biodiversity, and driving social progress—while aiming to generate attractive long-term returns.
Source: Axa IM 2025. For illustrative purposes only.
Key Principles
Investing in Solutions
We target companies providing scalable, innovative products and services that address urgent global challenges. Their impact extends beyond their own operations, reaching wider communities and ecosystems.
Driving Global Impact
We believe listed companies can deliver solutions that positively affect millions of lives and environmental outcomes worldwide, achieving scalable change on a global level.
Active Engagement
We engage with over 50% of our holdings to encourage progress on social and environmental goals, monitoring improvements through ongoing dialogue.
Measuring & Reporting
We are committed to transparency, providing annual impact reports that detail the contributions of our investments and progress toward our impact objectives
Our approach for Listed Assets
Find out more about our approach to listed impact equity investing.
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Our listed impact equity funds
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Seeking to deliver positive, measurable impact and financial returns.
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Disclaimer
Key risks
AXA People & Planet Equity Fund
- Equity risk
- ESG risk
- Concentration risk
- Currency risk
- Emerging Markets risk
- Industry sector risk
- UN SDG alignment risk
- Smaller companies risk
- Stock lending risk
- AXA UK Sustainable Equity Fund
- Equity risk
- ESG risk
- Stock lending risk
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Risk Warning
The value of investments, and the income from them, can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the amount originally invested.