Environmental Strategies Group

Environmental Strategies Group

Environmental Strategies Group

Bio

The Environmental Strategies Group is a specialist investment unit at BNP Paribas Asset Management run by co-heads Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees who have worked together and invested thematically for more than 23 years.

 

The group invests exclusively in environmental solutions companies globally whose products or services directly contribute to solving climate change, aiming at both reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions as well as protecting and restoring our natural capital and ecosystems.

 

The group manages about USD 5 billion across three funds, specifically two long-only funds BNP Paribas Energy Transition and BNP Paribas Ecosystem Restoration as well as the environmental themed long/short equity fund BNP Paribas Environmental Absolute Return Thematic Fund (EARTH).

Articles from Environmental Strategies Group

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Portfolio perspectives

Water: The hidden constraint shaping the digital economy

Structural megatrends are pressuring water resources, increasing scarcity and challenging long‑term sustainability and economic growth. This creates opportunities for investors…

By Edward Lees & other authors

21/04/26
Article

Forward thinking

The case for listed environmental infrastructure

Global infrastructure systems are under mounting pressure. Rapid digitisation, the expansion of artificial intelligence and datacentres, and the widespread electrification…

By Edward Lees & other authors

06/10/25
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Wheat Field

Forward thinking

The need for solutions for sustainable agriculture and land management

The global food system must be transformed urgently to tackle the environmental and economic risks of unsustainable farming methods. Especially…

By Edward Lees & other authors

06/05/25
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