2023 Manager ESG Survey

Climate risk dominates

Our annual manager ESG survey, now in its ninth year, assesses the integration of ESG considerations in investment processes among equity, fixed income, real assets, and private markets managers from around the globe.

Summary of key findings

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Previous ESG Reports

2022 Manager ESG Survey

The ESG journey accelerates

Our annual manager ESG survey, now in its eighth year, assesses the integration of ESG considerations in investment processes among equity, fixed income and private markets managers.

Read the 2022 findings

2021 ESG Manager Survey

The red flag is raised on climate risk

The results from our 2021 survey indicate there is an amplified focus on climate risk and a strong commitment to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Read the 2021 ESG Survey

What is the ESG Survey?

We survey hundreds of firms from the active management industry, across equity, fixed income and private markets to under how asset managers are integrating ESG considerations in their investment process.

Why integrating ESG matters

Nelson Kris

Kris Nelson, CFA

HEAD OF ESG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, GLOBAL EQUITY

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At Russell Investments we actively manage across multiple factors with the aim of generating incremental returns while managing overall risk.

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Multi-Factor Canadian Equity Pool

To provide current income and long-term capital growth by investing principally in Canadian equity securities using multiple factors to select investments.

Multi-Factor International Equity Pool

To provide long-term capital growth by investing principally in equity securities of issuers outside of Canada and the U.S. using multiple factors to select investments.

Multi-Factor US Equity Pool

To provide long-term capital growth by investing principally in equity securities of U.S. issuers using multiple factors to select investments.

Multi-Factor Global Balanced

To provide long-term capital growth with some income, primarily through exposure to Canadian and foreign equity securities and, to a lesser extent, exposure to fixed income investments using multiple factors to select investments. The Fund may invest in other mutual funds.

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