Sustainability framework

Advocate

We seek to lead the conversation on sustainable investing. A major focus of our work is to advocate for a transition that includes emerging markets and results in real-world carbon reduction.

How we advocate

Through advocacy, we seek to engage our clients and stakeholders on sustainability and encourage them on their journeys towards more sustainable long-term investing.

Our advocacy strategy is driven by a belief that asset managers have a role to play in transforming how business connects with society.

Developing the ecosystem for sustainable long-term investing.

Through engaging with companies as an integral part of our investment processes (see Invest), as well as through our broader advocacy initiatives including our work with industry bodies, thought leadership, education and policy contribution, we seek to play our part in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable way of thinking and acting.

Investments involve risk; losses may be made.

Read our Sustainability & Stewardship Report

Financial year 2024 highlights

Policy advocacy for a just transition

Continued to emphasise the importance of a fair and inclusive transition for emerging markets
and the adequate financing of this through active, catalytic investment – not through divestment

Advocated for a just and inclusive transition to a net-zero world at COP28 in Dubai

Continued engagement with South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission (“PCC”)
on the planning and implementation of the South African Just Energy Transition Investment Plan

Providing thought leadership

Published fourth edition of Planetary Pulse survey,
focusing on whether asset owners are moving from decarbonising their portfolios to reducing real-world emissions

Explored the opportunities for investors in
financing transition through the debt markets

Published investment analysis of what the
US election may mean for investors in decarbonisation

Published investment insights into
sustainable investment opportunities in Latin America and China

Strengthening our industry collaborations

Joined
Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030,
Access to Medicine

and
Nature Action 100

Became co-chair of the
Investor Leadership Network (“ILN”)

Continued to co-chair the
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (“IIGCC”) investor practices programme

Became co-lead of
Climate Action 100+ engagements with Glencore and Pemex

Continued to co-lead on
Eskom and Sasol engagements

Participated in the
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (“TNFD”) Forum
and working groups of
GFANZ, Sustainable Markets Initiative (“SMI”)
and the
IIGCC

Essentials of net-zero investing
Episode 0427 min20 Jul 2023
Sovereign carbon assessment

Carbon data is backward looking and needs a better measure at a sovereign level explains Portfolio Manager Nicolas Jaquier. In an interview with Sustainability Director, Daisy Streatfeild, he outlines the unique challenges he and the team face when measuring and assessing the net-zero impact of countries and how to align portfolios to this goal.