Danish pension company PFA has launched four new themed funds with a focus on sustainability.

PFA pension customers will be able to invest their pension savings in funds targeting biodiversity, circular economy, sustainable water supplies, and equality and gender diversity.

The four new funds offered by PFA were launched through Dutch asset manager Robeco.

These funds will be available on PFA’s investment platform, Du Investerer. The funds invest in companies that are deemed to excel in biodiversity, circular economy, sustainable water supply, or equality and gender diversity.

The three funds on biodiversity, circular economy and sustainable water supply are all fully sustainable in relation to the EU's Disclosure Regulation Article 9.

PFA’s fourth fund, themed on gender diversity and equality, falls into the second highest category, Article 8, which characterises investments that are partially sustainable.

All funds are actively managed, global equity funds that typically invest in up to 80 companies from various sectors within the funds' thematic sustainability focus.

Commenting on the announcement, PFA CO-CIO and head of ESG investment, Rasmus Bessing, said: "The investments in our broad pension solutions PFA Plus and PFA Klima Plus are already screened based on a wide range of social, environmental and climate criteria, but customers who want a special focus on themes such as biodiversity and equality now have the opportunity to target their investments.

"Our society is changing rapidly, and we find that many customers want to invest in the sustainable transition. It can be both because they want to make a positive difference with their savings, or because they believe that social responsibility and good returns will increasingly go hand-in-hand.

“Therefore, it is obvious for us to offer the new investment funds as a supplement to the investment opportunities we already offer our 1.3 million. customers.”

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