East Capital Group’s Sustainable Investment Report 2025 has been published - our annual report on sustainable investing, showing how we integrate sustainability across the entire investment process, from investment analysis and company engagement to voting, impact reporting and regulatory advocacy.
This year’s report is particularly shaped by three themes: technological development, active ownership and nature-related risks.
During the year, we introduced several AI-powered agents and tools into our investment operations, including solutions for ESG controversy monitoring (Red Flag analysis), proxy voting and due diligence. One of these tools reduced the review time for proxy voting review from 45 minutes to 15 minutes, while maintaining the same level of quality and analytical depth.
The report also highlights how our company engagements and active ownership are used to drive positive change in portfolio companies. During 2025, East Capital carried out 67 different engagements with 49 companies and voted at 175 shareholder meetings, while Espiria conducted 27 engagements with 19 companies and voted at 72 shareholder meetings.
One notable example is our work together with Robeco on Alibaba and nature-related risks, which was recognised as an investor case study in Nature Action 100’s inaugural progress report.
The report also includes concrete case studies from portfolio companies in India and Kenya, as well as a deeper look into our proprietary ESG framework and SDG Value Chain Analysis – developed to identify long-term sustainable investment opportunities across our investment universe.
During the year, we also launched East Capital Global Emerging Markets ex China – our newest Article 9 fund under SFDR.
Read the full Sustainable Investment Report 2025 to learn more about our key initiatives, results and perspectives on the future of sustainable investing.
