Responsible investing

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Responsible investment services

 

KEY BENEFITS TO OUR RESPONSIBLE INVESTING APPROACH

We reflect what matters most to you and your investment goals through a robust, integrated process.

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

We believe that responsible investing is intelligent investing. As a result, we have integrated material environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into those relevant investment practices, including research, portfolio management and active ownership.

In addition, our investment experts are well-versed in responsible investing across the globe. We continue to enhance our process to embrace responsible investing at Russell Investments.

BEYOND THE STANDARD

Our investment approach identifies asset characteristics that are most relevant to your investment needs. We can focus on exposures that are not only sustainable but also material to your investments, enabling you to go beyond the standard.

This results in innovative best practice solutions designed to help you reach your investment goals.

ACTIVELY EVOLVING

We are committed to adapting our approach to be at the forefront of the changing global landscape. We proactively enhance our practices to align with client needs, regulatory changes and market conditions, constantly evolving to bring market-leading solutions.

We strive to employ a firmwide, holistic, ESG-integrated approach

Active management

Manager ranks, portfolio construction, sustainability risk management

Research

Strategy development, metrics and reporting, industry analysis and climate change

Culture and process

Corporate values, diversity, equity and inclusion, sustainability work practices and community involvement

Stewardship

Proxy voting, engagement and collaborative initiatives

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Russell Investments is recognised as a
Responsible Investment Leader 2023 by the
Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA).
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We are placed in the top 20% of organisations assessed, demonstrating leading practice in our commitment to responsible investing; our explicit consideration of environmental, social and governance factors in investment decision making; our strong and collaborative stewardship; and our transparency in reporting activity, including the societal and environmental outcomes being achieved.

RESPONSIBLE INVESTING SOLUTIONS

Designing forward-thinking, sophisticated responsible investment solutions that reflect what matters most to you and your investment goals.

 

DOING WELL WHILE DOING GOOD

Development of portfolios with more optimal responsible investing exposure. This includes portfolios which incorporate allocations to higher material ESG scores or to impact investing.


ESG-THEMED STRATEGIES

If you are seeking a specific portfolio outcome, our team can work with you to implement ESG-focused investment strategies, such as decarbonisation or social capital, to pursue your desired objective.


MANAGING EXCLUSIONS

We aim to can ensure that required and requested portfolio exclusions are managed to minimise unintended exposures while still aligning to investment objectives.

FEATURED FUND

Sustainable Global Shares Fund

Russell Investments Sustainable Global Shares Fund provides investors with a highly diversified, core global equity solution that supports the management of climate change risk and the transition to a low carbon economy.



RESPONSIBLE INVESTING RESOURCES

Insights and reports

Reports and research




CONTACT US

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