The Calvert Sustainable Climate Aligned Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation, measured in US Dollars, primarily investing in companies that are involved in economic activities that address climate transition and/or are aligned to the long term de-carbonisation objectives of the Paris Agreement. The Fund will maintain a carbon profile that follows the net zero objectives of the Paris Agreement, as reflected in the appropriate Paris-Aligned benchmark, or in the absence of an approved Paris-Aligned benchmark it will maintain a substantially lower carbon footprint, of at least 50% less than that of the underlying market benchmark, and taking into account the long-term carbon reduction objectives of the Paris Agreement which may warrant a revision of the targeted range of reduction over time. Carbon footprint shall be measured as weighted average carbon intensity, defined as tonnes of CO2 per $1million enterprise value including cash.

Calvert Sustainable Developed Europe Equity Select Fund's investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation, measured in Euro, primarily investing in companies that are involved in economic activities that address global environmental or societal challenges that relate to areas such as environmental sustainability and resource efficiency, diversity, equity and inclusion, respect for human rights, product responsibility, human capital management and accountable governance and transparent operations, or are leaders in managing financially material environmental or social risks and opportunities. This strategy further takes into account the long-term carbon reduction objectives of the Paris Agreement and advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Calvert Sustainable Developed Markets Equity Select Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation, measured in US Dollars , primarily investing in companies that are involved in economic activities that address global environmental or societal challenges, such as environmental sustainability and resource efficiency, diversity, equity and inclusion, respect for human rights, product responsibility, human capital management and accountable governance and transparent operations, or are leaders in managing financially material environmental or social risks and opportunities. This strategy further takes into account the long-term carbon reduction objectives of the Paris Agreement and advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Calvert Sustainable Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation and advance diversity, equity and inclusion, measured in US Dollars, primarily investing in companies that demonstrate leadership or meaningful improvement in having a diverse workforce and an equal and inclusive work culture. The Fund will seek to maintain higher levels of workforce diversity at a portfolio level than the underlying market benchmark as measured by average percentage of women at the board level and average percentage of board members representing underrepresented ethnicities.

The Calvert Sustainable US Equity Select Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation, measured in US Dollars, primarily investing in companies that are involved in economic activities that address global environmental or societal challenges that relate to areas such as environmental sustainability and resource efficiency, diversity, equity and inclusion, respect for human rights, product responsibility, human capital management and accountable governance and transparent operations, or are leaders in managing financially material environmental or social risks and opportunities. This strategy further takes into account the long-term carbon reduction objectives of the Paris Agreement and advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion.

We focus on the future drivers of growth across the emerging markets in a way that is benchmark agnostic and seek the most compelling opportunities by building an actively managed, focused portfolio of companies positioned to benefit from these growth themes. The fund considers ESG criteria during the investment process to limit exposure to ESG risks. 

Seeks an attractive level of total return by managing a broad asset mix within a targeted risk range of 4-10%, which is subject to change. The fund invests primarily in equities, fixed income, commodity-linked investments and cash. Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) factors may be considered in assessing potential return and contribution to portfolio risk.

Seeks to provide an attractive rate of relative return, measured in U.S. dollars, through investment primarily in high-quality issues of fixed income securities issued by corporations and other non-government issuers ('corporate bonds') organised or operating in both developed and emerging markets and denominated in global currencies.