Stewardship

Our stewardship activities play a crucial role in fulfilling our fiduciary duty and ensuring responsible asset allocation for our clients. Our approach is built on the concept of double materiality - meaning we focus on sustainability risks and opportunities from both a financial and non-financial perspective, such as an issuer’s impact on people, society and the environment.

Engaging on material ESG issues can contribute to the long-term sustainability of individual issuers and drive better long-term financial outcomes for investors. As a large investment manager operating across geographies, sectors, and asset classes, we also recognise that we can have an influence on systemic environmental and social issues.

We believe effective and outcome-oriented stewardship combines bottom-up corporate engagement, top-down thematic engagement, and system-wide stewardship: