Green Growth Futura

What Green Growth Futura does

Green Growth Futura GmbH (GGF) is an independent research and consulting firm for sustainable finance, founded in 2017 by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Gege and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The firm advises wealth managers (Vermögensverwalter), family offices, and foundations across the DACH region on the development and execution of sustainable investment strategies. Its core products are socio-ecological company assessments built on a proprietary methodology anchored in the German Sustainability Code (DNK) and the BAUM e.V. Code of Sustainable Business, complemented by investment universe screening, custom investment criteria development, FNG-Siegel certification consulting, engagement services, and continuous monitoring. The firm's flagship commercial asset is the BAUM Fair Future Fonds, a sustainable small and mid-cap equity fund co-developed in 2018 with GLS Bank, GLS Investments, and Universal Investment, for which GGF provides the sustainability research and investment universe.

GGF operates as a high-touch B2B professional services firm with no public pricing or standard productized packages; engagements are tailored to each client's portfolio and mission. The firm monetizes through advisory mandates and its role as sustainability research provider to the BAUM Fair Future Fonds. In 2025, GGF integrated Clarity AI's AI-powered ESG data and analytics into its research workflow, augmenting its proprietary human-led methodology with third-party ESG data tooling. The firm has earned the FNG-Siegel for BAUM Fair Future Fonds (two stars in 2024, three stars in 2026, the highest rating) and its Managing Director Marian Klemm chairs the FNG board, embedding GGF in the German sustainable finance standards ecosystem. The company is privately held with no external institutional investors, has approximately 10 employees, and does not publicly disclose revenue.

Name

Green Growth Futura

Legal name

Green Growth Futura GmbH

Website

https://greengrowthfutura.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Green Growth Futura is an independent Hamburg-based research and consulting firm that advises wealth managers, family offices, and foundations across the DACH region on sustainable investment strategy, ESG assessments, FNG-Siegel certification, and engagement services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Investment Advisory Services

akta.pro primary industry

Circular Economy & Resource Efficiency (BPADALAM)

Keywords

• Sustainable investment consulting
• ESG advisory services
• Portfolio sustainability screening
• Responsible investment research
• Family office advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Sustainable Finance Advisory Services: Advisory services for wealth managers, family offices, and foundations including portfolio screening, development of sustainable investment criteria, engagement activities, and FNG-Siegel certification consulting. Services are personalized and tailored to client needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Green Growth Futura is a research and consulting company for sustainable investments that advises wealth managers, family offices, and foundations on sustainable investment strategies. Its core offerings include portfolio screening and optimization, socio-ecological company assessments based on the German Sustainability Code (DNK), FNG-Siegel certification consulting, custom investment criteria development, engagement activities, and continuous monitoring. The firm co-developed the BAUM Fair Future Fonds with GLS Investments and Universal Investment.

Product overview

Green Growth Futura operates as a research and advisory firm for sustainable finance, offering consulting services to asset managers, family offices, and foundations. The core product is the BAUM Fair Future Fonds, a sustainable Small and Midcap investment fund launched in 2018 in partnership with GLS Investments, Universal Investment, and BAUM e.V. The service portfolio includes socio-ecological company assessments, investment universe screening and optimization, FNG-Siegel certification consulting, custom investment criteria development, engagement services, and continuous monitoring. Green Growth Futura is responsible for the sustainability research and investment universe provision for the BAUM Fair Future Fonds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BAUM Fair Future Fonds A sustainable investment fund focused on small and mid-cap companies with high sustainability standards, co-developed with GLS Investments, Universal Investment, and BAUM e.V. The fund implements a multi-stage socio-ecological selection process including positive criteria screening, exclusion criteria, sustainability analysis, stakeholder consultation, sustainability advisory board review, and continuous monitoring.
• Investment Universe Screening and Optimization

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ engagement dialogues completed
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Clarity AIcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Partnership with AI-powered sustainability technology company Clarity AI. Integrating KI-gestützte ESG-Daten und Analysen into research for BAUM Fair Future Fonds and advisory services for wealth managers, family offices and foundations.
• GLS BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Long-standing partnership with sustainable finance pioneers GLS Bank. Together with GLS Investments and Universal Investment, co-developed the BAUM Fair Future Fonds in 2018. GLS Investments distributes the fund.
• GLS InvestmentscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-development partner of the BAUM Fair Future Fonds since 2018. Jointly operates the fund with Green Growth Futura providing sustainability research and investment universe.
• Universal InvestmentcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2018Fund administration partner for BAUM Fair Future Fonds since its launch in 2018. Provides fund management and custody services.
• BAUM e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the extensive partner network of BAUM e.V. (Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für umweltbewusstes Management). Founder Prof. Dr. Maximilian Gege was long-time chairman and is now honorary chairman. Co-developed the BAUM Fair Future Fonds concept aligned with BAUM philosophy.
• Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen e.V. (FNG)coreOthersIndustry association for sustainable finance. GGF Managing Director Marian Klemm serves as Chairman of FNG Board since February 2024. GGF supports fund providers in FNG-Siegel certification process.
• Advanced Sustainable Investment GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainability competence center founded 2021 by Wilhelm Möller. Operates Fight For Green Fonds with HAUCK AUFHÄUSER LAMPE and PROAKTIVA. New partner in GGF network since July 2024.
• KindernothilfeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOne of Germany's largest children's rights organizations, active worldwide. Commissioned GGF to create Third Party Opinion for KinderZukunftsFonds, evaluating the screening process and criteria catalog.
• Bank für Kirche und Diakonie (KD-Bank)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-initiator of KinderZukunftsFonds together with Kindernothilfe. GGF provides independent evaluation of the fund through Third Party Opinion.
• Stiftung Chancen für KinderminorOthersWorldwide active foundation co-founded by GGF founder Prof. Dr. Maximilian Gege. Related through founder connection.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EcoVadis: Global sustainability ratings platform focused on supply-chain ESG assessments, increasingly used by European institutional investors and corporates. Adjacent competitor in the DACH enterprise sustainability assessment space GGF serves.
• Sustainalytics: Morningstar-owned global ESG research and ratings firm, one of the leading providers of second-party opinions for sustainable investment funds — directly overlapping with GGF's FNG-Siegel consulting and company-level sustainability assessments for asset managers.
• ISS ESG: Global ESG research and ratings arm of Institutional Shareholder Services, which absorbed oekom research (the historical German ESG rating peer to GGF). Competes directly with GGF in European sustainable investment research and steward ship services for institutional asset owners.
• Moody's ESG Solutions: Encompasses Vigeo Eiris and the former German imug — historical European ESG research peers now consolidated into Moody's. Serves European asset managers and issuers with sustainability assessments overlapping GGF's social-ecological company analysis offering.
• MSCI ESG Research: Global leader in ESG data, ratings, and analytics for institutional investors, providing the type of company-level sustainability data that GGF sources from Clarity AI or produces in-house. A likely competitor for large DACH asset-manager mandates.
• S&P Global Sustainable1: Runs the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (formerly SAM) and provides ESG data and second-party opinions for sustainable funds. Overlaps with GGF in the European sustainable-investment ecosystem for both data and certification-style services.

Emerging players

• IntegrityNext: European SaaS platform for supply-chain and corporate ESG monitoring, with strong DACH presence. Comparable as a growing German/European ESG-tech provider targeting institutional sustainability and compliance use cases similar to GGF's monitoring and engagement services.
• Clarity AI: AI-powered sustainability analytics platform and a GGF technology partner. Increasingly competes for ESG data and analytics mandates from European wealth managers and asset owners — overlapping with GGF's target buyer profile.

Regional players

• B.A.U.M. Consult GmbH: German sustainability management consultancy within the BAUM e.V. network that GGF is plugged into. Provides corporate sustainability consulting and CSR advisory — thematically aligned with GGF's sustainability-research and assessment focus, though more corporate-client than investor-client.

Direct peers

• Right. Based on Science: German-founded ESG data and ratings provider serving institutional investors with company-level sustainability assessments. Most directly comparable smaller-scale European ESG research firm with similar DACH focus and methodological rigor to GGF's social-ecological assessments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/greengrowthfutura
• Xx.com/ggfutura

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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