Investing to tackle our toughest sustainability challenges

Liontrust’s Peter Michaelis explores the challenge of meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

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Fund management company Liontrust has announced its intention to launch the Liontrust ESG Trust PLC (ESGT). The portfolio of ESGT will comprise 25-35 holdings in sustainable companies around the world that Liontrust has awarded the highest sustainability scores.

In 2015, the United Nations laid out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These ambitious, global goals aim to achieve a more sustainable future by 2030. These include improving education, tackling poverty and gender inequality and creating more sustainable and responsible industry and infrastructure.

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