DWS KGaA Investor Relations Media Career Belgium Insights Capabilities Solutions Service Profile Search Home » Capabilities » Alternatives Investments » Sustainable Investments 2017: A milestone year 2017 marked the 20-year anniversary of the founding of DWS’s Sustainable Investments group, which moved to DWS's Alternatives platform in 2016. Beginning in 1997, the Bank recognized the transformative power of microfinance, a poverty alleviation tool developed to provide poor segments of society with affordable access to financial services. Through that launch of the DB Microcredit Development Fund (DB MDF), DWS was the first company globally to develop an impact investment fund to solve a societal challenge. Over the past 20 years Deutsche Bank has lent and alternative financial services companies, countries. Those original investments led to a lasting commitment by DWS to use sustainable investments to improve low income communities globally across several sectors. Today, our funds are managed by DWS’s Sustainable Investments team, with global investments ranging from financial inclusion /microfinance to sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and clean urban transportation. Our mission remains steadfast to promote investing for a "triple-bottom line": people, planet and profits. Liquid Real Assets enable liquid investment in real assets such as real estate, infrastructure or even commodities. Read more CIO VIEW QUARTERLY NEWS- LETTER Quick Access DWS KGaA CIO View Facts & Figures Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement (PDF) Engagement Policy (PDF) Information on sustainability Copyright © 2021 DWS Cookies Policy We use cookies and similar technologies that are essential to operate our websites. With your consent, we will use cookies for performance analysis of our websites. This enables us to detect and fix errors and usability issues as soon as possible and to constantly improve our website. Furthermore we use marketing cookies to measure the success of our marketing measures and personalize our contents to your needs as precisely as possible, potentially also outside of our websites. In the settings you can find detailed information on the different types of cookies and object to the use of cookies. As an asset manager, the security of your data is highest priority to us. You can find further information in our privacy notice. Customize Accept and proceed