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£19.6bn

AUM for SFDR Article 8/9 funds as of Dec 2023

60 funds

are SFDR* Article 8/9 as of Dec 2023 (not available in all jurisdictions)

Sustainable investing

2040

is our target for operational net-zero

What is sustainable investing?

At the basic level, Sustainable Investing is an approach to investment where environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, in combination with traditional financial considerations, guide the selection and management of investments. This can be thought of as ESG integration to the investment process. This input focuses on the risks & opportunities ESG factors may bring when assessing a potential investment.

In addition to ESG integration, investors may look for investments that seek to achieve a positive environmental or social outcome. This can be thought of as sustainable outcomes as an output of the investment process.

This all comes under the broad banner of ‘sustainable investing’.

*Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)

EU-domiciled funds

Introduced by the European Commission (EC) and effective in March 2021, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is a disclosure regulation which requires fund managers like Aberdeen to provide sustainability-related information about the EU-domiciled funds they offer (in Aberdeen's case almost all its EU-domiciled funds are based in Luxembourg). The goal is to ensure investors have the information they need to make investment decisions in line with their sustainability goals and preferences.

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Risk warning

The value of investments, and the income from them, can go down as well as up and an investor may get back less than the amount invested. Past performance is not a guide to future results.