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12 November 2025

Delivering alignment, deepening sustainability

From commitment to delivery
In July, the fund adopted the Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB), a milestone that strengthens its climate credentials. The PAB starts with 50% lower carbon intensity than the broad market index and targets a 7% annual reduction in emissions. It also applies stricter ESG criteria, excludes companies with the highest controversy scores and allocates more to green bonds. The transition to this new benchmark required only limited trading because sustainability has long been embedded in our process. That continuity matters: it shows alignment is not a marketing exercise but a natural extension of how we invest. Today, the portfolio demonstrates clear progress with a carbon intensity of 44 versus 53 for the benchmark, 53.5% of holdings classified as sustainable investments1, and an average AA MSCI ESG rating with zero severe controversies.

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This document from Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management NV (VLK Investment Management) is presented to you for information purposes only and does not provide sufficient information for you to make an investment decision. The information in this document is not complete without the oral explanation given by an employee of VLK Investment Management. VLK Investment Management is licensed as a manager of several UCITS and ABIs and is authorised to provide investment services and as such is supervised by the Financial Markets Authority. VLK Investment Management expressly wishes to prevent the benchmarks used in this document from being published or made available to the public within the meaning of the Benchmark Regulation. Therefore, the information in this document has been made available to you for internal business and non-commercial use only. Use of (the information from) this document other than for the purposes described above is only permissible with the prior consent of VLK Investment Management. As asset manager VLK IM may have investments, generally for the benefit of third parties, in financial instruments mentioned in this document and it may at any time decide to execute buy or sell transactions in these financial instruments. This document has been produced independently of the companies mentioned, and the views contained herein are entirely those of VLK Investment Management.

Es gibt einen Spruch auf Niederländisch, Kom verder, das viele Dinge bedeutet und unsere Geschäftsphilosophie darstellt. Er erfasst die Art und Weise, wie wir mit unseren Kunden arbeiten, aber auch wie wir unsere Beteiligungsunternehmen lenken, um Aktionärswert durch aktive Beteiligung zu schaffen.

Risikokapital. Der Wert von Anlagen und die daraus erzielten Erträge können sowohl steigen als auch fallen. Die Anleger erhalten möglicherweise nicht den ursprünglich investierten Betrag zurück. Die in der Vergangenheit erzielte Performance ist keine Garantie für die Zukunft.