Sustainable Investing

What kind of investor are you?

Integrated Funds

We consider Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors as part of our investment process, and qualify these with ASI ESG House Scores, meaning your investments incorporate ESG risks and opportunities as standard.

50+

Dedicated ESG experts

PRI

Signatory to UN principles of Responsible Investment

100%

of researched companies include ESG analysis

A+ or A

Rating awarded across all categories

Sources:

PRI Assessment Report 2020

abrdn ESG integration in Equities, September 2021

Sustainable funds

Our sustainable funds invest in companies with sustainable businesses and that show superior management of ESG factors. With our sustainable funds, we avoid industries like coal or oil & gas that are deemed unsustainable.

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Thematic funds

We design our thematic funds to help investors benefit from specific responsible investing themes such as climate change and low-carbon technologies.

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Impact funds

Our impact funds invest in companies that provide solutions, products or services that counter environmental and/or social challenges. We align some of our impact funds to recognised standards such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Together… we are tackling the environment crisis

We face interlinked environmental crises, from climate breakdown, extreme weather, and species loss to water scarcity and unsustainable food production. We take action in our operations, but our greatest impact and influence is through how we invest our customers’ and clients’ money.

We are proud to be a signatory of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, with a dedicated focus on financing the transition to a low-carbon economy. The adaptation to climate change impacts our products and investment decisions.

Insights

Our Position on…

The Environment | Biodiverstity | | Palm Oil | Water

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We are facing many global issues, from inequality and poverty to an ageing population. We want to raise awareness and drive positive change to support fair and inclusive work, equality of opportunity and connect with those isolated from society.

Insights

Our Position on…

Human Rights | Controversial Weapons | Businesses and Human Rights | Labour and employment | Diversity and Inclusion

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Our Sustainable Investing principles. We put Active Ownership and ESG considerations at the heart of:

our investment process -

we integrate and appraise ESG factors in our investment process, with the aim of generating the best long-term outcomes for our clients

our client journey -

we clearly define how we act in our clients' interests in delivering our stewardship and ESG principles and transparently report on our actions to meet those interests

our investment activity -

we actively take steps as stewards to deliver long-term, sustainable value consistent with our clients' objectives

our corporate influence -

we actively advance policy, regulation and industry standards to deliver a better future for our clients, the environment and society

Through engagement with our investments, and by voting, we seek to improve the financial resilience and performance of investments

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Where we believe change is needed, we endeavour to catalyse this through our strong stewardship capabilities.

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As a responsible global investor, we leverage our scale and market position to raise standards in both the companies and industries in which we invest, and help drive best practice across the asset management industry.

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Our ESG house score is designed to shed light on a company’s management of ESG risks.

We designed a proprietary ESG house score to supplement our existing analysis. The system draws on more than 100 internal and external data points from third-party providers while taking into account the factors that we feel are most relevant or important for sectors, regions and companies. to arrive at a single number, or score.

Our ESG approach to equity investing

We are active equity investors. We believe that deep fundamental research, a disciplined investment process and full analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is the most effective way to deliver long-term returns for our clients.

ESG in Active Equity investing

ESG integration in Active Equities (PDF)

ESG embedded into Fixed income investing

Consideration of ESG factors is embedded in our fixed income research process. It’s one of the key dimensions, alongside other valuation metrics, on which we assess any company in which we invest. We actively engage with our investee companies, combining information from these meetings with insights from our investment managers, research analysts and central ESG investment team.

Credit ESG Integration Approach

ESG embedded into Multi Asset investing

Our Multi-Asset Investment Solutions (MAIS) team manages a wide range of strategies and follows diverse investment approaches. Our ability to integrate ESG varies across our diverse portfolio management approaches. For example, where we use abrdn’s active equity and credit funds, ESG is backed by an extensive Stewardship process and ESG integration is extensive, but where we allocate using derivatives or passive index trackers, the opportunity to integrate ESG can be limited.

ESG embedded in Multi-Asset Investment Solutions (PDF)

ESG integration in Real Estate

Driven by our four stewardship and ESG principles, we put stewardship and ESG considerations at the heart of:

• Our investment process
• Our investment activity
• Our client journey
• Our corporate influence

Dialling-up our integration of ESG into real estate (PDF)