INTEGRITY
We reflect what matters most to you and your investment goals through a robust, integrated process.
Responsible investing is intelligent investing
Whether you're driven by personal or stakeholder values, aim to mitigate risk or need to comply with regulation - our approach to responsible investing integrates what matters most to you.
Four beliefs
A sound awareness of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and a robust process are integral for responsible investing. In our view, they can help deliver strong investment returns and meet objectives over the long-term.
BELIEF
1
ESG factors
ESG factors impact security prices. These factors can vary by company, industry, and region and their importance can vary through time.
BELIEF
2
A deep understanding
A deep understanding of how ESG factors impact security prices is value-adding to a skilful investment process.
BELIEF
3
Embedding ESG
Embedding ESG considerations into a firm's culture and processes improves the likelihood of prolonged and successful investing.
BELIEF
4
Active ownership
Active ownership of securities is an effective tool for improving investment outcomes.
We believe responsible investing and performance can be complementary.
Our responsible investing approach aims to capture the right exposure without jeopardising return.
Putting beliefs into practice
We incorporate responsible investing in our investment manager evaluation process, our portfolio management, our advisory services, and through implementing proprietary solutions to meet client needs.
Portfolio management
Managers and products are evaluated, ranked and surveyed one by one. As such, our portfolio managers select managers and products with full knowledge of their ESG metrics and how it is implemented.
ESG research and metrics
We research and report active manager ranks and metrics and have developed proprietary metrics for our direct investing capabilities.
Culture and processes
Sustainable practices are incorporated into our own business just as we ask our managers to do.
Active
ownership
We believe voting is a part of a share’s value-creation process. We are active owners of all our holdings and focus on specific ESG actions within our engagement activities.
Related insights
REPORTS
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
2019 PRI Assessment Report
PRI Assessment Report Explained
2019 PRI Transparency Report
The importance of PRI
Proxy voting
2018 Proxy and engagement report
Proxy voting policies and procedures
Proxy voting guidelines
Proxy voting disclosure
Other reports
UK Stewardship Code StatementMulti-Asset Growth Fund ESG Report
RESEARCH
Whitepapers
From black to blue: Moving the climate focus beyond carbon and on to water
Performance with purpose: Impact investing rises to prominence
Materiality Matters: Evaluating only those issues that are financially important to a company
Best practices
How we integrate ESG
Best practices for responsible investing
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Any opinion expressed is that of Russell Investments, is not a statement of fact, is subject to change and does not constitute investment advice.
The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and is not guaranteed. You may not get back the amount originally invested.