EasyCommunity Gives Back

Cheers to another year of making a difference!

Here's a sneak peak of how the EasyCommunity continues to give back.

• We've donated to 9 of the biggest charities on ground
• New partnerships rewarded recycling with money to buy shares  
• Low-cost prepaid fiber given to 30,000 homes
• RISE, one of the companies owned by Purple Group, supported 5 wind farms

Donating for Good

EasyVSTRs have donated to nine of the biggest charities working to uplift the lives of South Africans. Through the help of our Donate for Good feature, we were able to help the following organizations:

• DKMS Africa - an organization committed to one cause: fighting blood cancer and blood disorders
• PinkDrive - one of South Africa’s NPO driving initiatives around breast cancer
• CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa - an organization advocating for the inclusion, empowerment and well-being of children diagnosed with cancer.

Partnerships Amplified 

Our partnership with Imagined Earth rewards EasyVSTRs for recycling bottles using reverse vending machines (RVM). This allows them to earn more money to buy shares while saving the planet. So, about that Coke or Pepsi you just drank...you might want to put it to good use. 

In November, Isizwe also announced its first partnership with EasyEquities. The project will provide low-cost prepaid fibre to 30,000 homes. EasyVSTRs who want to contribute to this cause can use the Donate For Good feature on our platform. 

Building Infrastructure

Thanks to last year's updates on law investments, pension funds are now able to invest up to 45% of their assets in infrastructure projects. Since then, RISE, an EasyEquities owned pension fund administrator and asset manager with a number of managed portfolios (bundles) on the EasyEquities platform, has invested a small portion of its funds in five wind farms.

The road to a sustainable future doesn't end there! We've also supported new ways to invest. 


Do good with ESG

People, Planet and Profits! A line you'd probably hear a lot. The phrase refers to building and being part of a sustainable future. ESG investing is often seen as a means of investing with the environment, human well-being, and a better economy in mind. According to studies, organizations with strong ESG policies have a lower cost of capital, less volatility, and fewer cases of bribery, corruption, and fraud over time. 

To bring this to EasyVSTRs, Emperor Asset management implemented an ESG-focused portfolio: the Emperor ESG bundle. This portfolio puts more weighting on stocks with a high ESG score, as supplied by MSCI, to improve the overall portfolio ESG score. In choosing and building a better portfolio, the management focuses on Value, Quality, Stability, and Momentum across individual shares.