26.04.2024 10:00:24 - dpa-AFX: EQS-News: hep receives ESG Transformation Award 2024 (english)

hep receives ESG Transformation Award 2024

EQS-News: hep global GmbH / Key word(s): Miscellaneous
hep receives ESG Transformation Award 2024

26.04.2024 / 10:00 CET/CEST
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hep receives ESG Transformation Award 2024

Güglingen, 26 April 2024 - hep global GmbH, the Baden-Württemberg-based
specialist for solar parks and solar investments, has been awarded the ESG
Transformation Award 2024. In the "Impact Investing" category, hep took 2nd
place and was thus honored for the fund "HEP - Solar Green Energy Impact
Fund 1 GmbH & Co. geschlossene Investment KG" (1) as well as for its ESG
concept.

With the "HEP - Solar Green Energy Impact Fund 1" - the first official
climate protection fund - hep wants to play a key role in shaping
sustainable change in the financial sector. The fund aims to build up
production capacities for the generation of renewable energy and aims to
reduce CO2 emissions. "It serves as a guideline for the level of ambition of
all our derivative products", says Heiko Szczodrowski, CEO of HEP
Kapitalverwaltung AG. "With our exclusive "HEP - Solar Club Deal 1", we are
now also offering (2) wealthy individuals who qualify as semi-professional
investors investment opportunities similar to those for institutional
investors. We are delighted that our commitment has been recognized by the
independent ESG Transformation Award."

Broad portfolio of sustainable solutions

As a project developer and financier of solar parks, hep covers the entire
value chain - from site selection and development to the selection of
components and verification of durability and recyclability at the end of
their service life, hep includes all sustainability aspects of the EU
Taxonomy Regulation. Thanks to this unique business model, hep creates
impact on two levels: on the one hand, by building solar parks as a
renewable energy source, and on the other hand, by considering
sustainability aspects along the supply chain of its solar park components.
"Through our careful supplier selection processes, we take environmental and
human rights standards into account for our direct suppliers and are
committed to integrating them into further stages of the value chain", says
Dr. Julian Hochscherf, ESG Manager at hep.

In addition, hep develops concepts to provide additional benefits for the
solar parks. The biodiversity approach, for example, aims to design
interventions in ecosystems in such a way that, in addition to the main
purpose - the construction of a photovoltaic system to produce green energy
- the original function of the area is also supported, and its preservation
is considered in development activities. In addition, with its solar
products, the hep Group helps other companies to reduce energy-related
emissions and offers individual approaches that are precisely tailored to
the requirements of the customer's energy consumption. These tailor-made
solutions help to achieve companies' sustainability goals in a
cost-effective manner while accelerating the transition to a low-carbon
economy.

ESG Transformation Award

The ESG Transformation Award was presented for the second time in 2024 and
honors special sustainability initiatives in the financial industry. A
four-member, independent jury - including Silke Stremlau, Chair of the
Sustainable Finance Advisory Board of the Federal Government, Lanna Idriss,
Board Member of SOS Children's Villages, and Prof. Christian Klein, Chair of
Sustainable Finance at the University of Kassel - recognizes initiatives in
the areas of environmental, social and governance and evaluates them based
on scientific indicators. Other 2024 award winners were Landesbank
Baden-Württemberg, the financial services group SEB and Zurich Insurance.

The award ceremony took place on 24 April 2024 in a festive atmosphere at
the Frankfurt Museum of Communication. The gala was attended by around 100
guests, including leading figures from the financial services industry.

HEP - Solar Green Energy Impact Fund 1

hep offers German investors the opportunity to invest directly in climate
protection funds. In addition to individually tailored solutions for large
investors, hep also enables institutional and private investors to invest in
the world's largest solar markets: USA, Japan, Germany, Canada and Poland.
The current hep investment fund is classified under Article 9 of the EU's
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and its economic activities are in
line with the requirements of the Taxonomy Regulation.

hep global GmbH

As an owner-managed family business from Baden-Württemberg under the parent
company hep global GmbH, the hep group of companies is a one-stop specialist
for investments and solar projects. The company develops, builds, operates,
and finances solar parks all over the world, but especially in Germany,
Japan and North America. For more than 15 years, hep has been combining
high-tech know-how with a high level of expertise in the financial sector
and offering investors the opportunity to participate in the global
expansion of solar energy. hep employs more than 200 people worldwide with
offices in Germany, Japan, the USA, and Canada.

HEP Kapitalverwaltung AG

HEP Kapitalverwaltung AG operates as an investment company specialising in
solar investments. It was founded in 2012 and has been approved as an AIF
capital management company in accordance with Sections 20 and 22 of the
German Investment Code since January 2018.

Legal Notice
This is a press release for the closed-end public AIF "HEP - Solar Green
Energy Impact Fund 1 GmbH & Co. closed-end investment KG" and the "HEP Solar
Club Deal 1 GmbH & Co. closed-end investment KG" ("the funds"), which are
externally managed by HEP Kapitalverwaltung AG ("HEP KVG"). If you are
interested in any of the funds, please read the prospectus/information
document 307 and the key information document of the relevant fund before
making a final investment decision. In the case of the "HEP - Solar Green
Energy Impact Fund 1", these are exclusively available in German in
electronic format at https://hep.global/private-anleger/ or
HEP-Solar_Green_Energy_Impact_Fund_1_Verkaufsprospekt_nach_§268_KAGB_17052023.pdf
and hep_HEP-Solar_Green_Energy_Impact_Fund_1_BIB_16112023.pdf. In the case
of the "HEP Solar Club Deal 1", please contact:
https://hep.global/professionelle-anleger/#produkte/. These documents are
the only binding basis for the purchase of shares in the respective fund.
The most recent net asset value as well as a summary of investor rights for
the "HEP - Solar Green Energy Impact Fund 1" are available in German in
electronic format at hep_SGEIF_1_Nettoinventarwert_08022024-1.pdf. On
request, we will send you the aforementioned documents in paper form free of
charge. You can request this from HEP Kapitalverwaltung AG, Römerstraße 3,
74363 Güglingen.

By purchasing fund units, you do not acquire the assets held by the fund
(e.g. photovoltaic systems). These are acquired by the fund represented by
HEP KVG. The fund therefore invests in illiquid assets. It may be difficult
to sell them. Comprehensive information on the risks associated with
investing in the funds can be found in the prospectus.

Income from the fund's holdings is subject to taxation, which depends on the
individual tax profile of the investor and is subject to change.

HEP KVG may decide to revoke the distribution.

Press contact:
Evelyn Kilinc
Römerstraße 3
D-74363 Güglingen
Tel.: +49 7135 93446-759
E-Mail: mailto:mpresse@hep.global
www.hep.global

(1) hereinafter referred to as "HEP - Solar Green Energy Impact Fund 1"
(2) HEP Solar Club Deal 1 GmbH & Co. geschlossene Investment KG


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   Language:       English
   Company:        hep global GmbH
                   Römerstraße 3
                   74363 Güglingen
                   Germany
   Phone:          +49 (0)7135 93446 - 0
   E-mail:         info@hep.global
   Internet:       www.hep.global
   ISIN:           DE000A3H3JV5, DE000A351488
   WKN:            A3H3JV, A35148
   Listed:         Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf,
                   Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart,
                   Tradegate Exchange
   EQS News ID:    1890623




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