Sustainability Inspires: How we use voting to make business better
How does voting help drive positive change and improve the performance of our clients' investments?
Sustainable investing
Invest today, change tomorrow.
€22.6bn
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)
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’.
Important information.
*Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
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 abrdn to provide sustainability-related information about the funds they offer. The goal is to ensure investors have the information they need to make investment decisions in line with their sustainability goals and preferences.
Find out more about abrdn sustainable investing