Fund Filters
Sustainability
Sustainability policy
Limits exposure to carbon intensive industries
Resource efficiency policy or theme
Sustainability theme or focus
Waste management policy or theme
Favours cleaner, greener companies
Sustainability focus
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) focus
Report against sustainability objectives
Encourage more sustainable practices through stewardship
Circular economy theme
Nature & Biodiversity
Water stewardship policy
Climate Change & Energy
Nuclear exclusion policy
Coal, oil & / or gas majors excluded
Invests in clean energy / renewables
Fracking and tar sands excluded
Clean / renewable energy theme or focus
Arctic drilling exclusion
Fossil fuel reserves exclusion
Energy efficiency theme
Require net zero action plan from all/most companies
Fossil fuel exploration exclusion - direct involvement
Targeted Positive Investments
EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy holdings 5-25% of fund assets
EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy holdings >25% of fund assets
Invests >25% of fund in environmental/social solutions companies
Invests >50% of fund in environmental/social solutions companies
Human Rights
Human rights policy
Child labour exclusion
Oppressive regimes (not free or democratic) exclusion policy
Social / Employment
Health & wellbeing policies or theme
Favours companies with strong social policies
Mining exclusion
Meeting Peoples' Basic Needs
Water / sanitation policy or theme
Demographic / ageing population theme
Green infrastructure focus
Responsible food production or agriculture theme
Healthcare / medical theme
Ethical Values Led Exclusions
Ethical policies
Tobacco and related product manufacturers excluded
Armaments manufacturers avoided
Alcohol production excluded
Gambling avoidance policy
Pornography avoidance policy
Banking & Financials
Exclude banks with significant fossil fuel investments
Governance & Management
Avoids companies with poor governance
Encourage board diversity e.g. gender
Encourage higher ESG standards through stewardship activity
Fund Governance
ESG integration strategy
Asset Size & Metrics
Over 50% large cap companies
Invests mostly in large cap companies
How The Fund Works
Positive selection bias
Negative selection bias
Combines norms based exclusions with other SRI criteria
Combines ESG strategy with other SRI criteria
Focus on ESG risk mitigation
SRI / ESG / Ethical policies explained on website
Assets mapped to SDGs
Different risk options of this strategy are available
Impact Methodologies
Invests in environmental solutions companies
Invests in sustainability / ESG disruptors
Aim to deliver positive impacts through engagement
Over 50% in assets providing environmental or social ‘solutions’
Labels & Accreditations
RSMR rated (OEIC funds only)
Intended Clients & Product Options
Intended for investors interested in sustainability
Available via an ISA (OEIC only)
Portfolio SRI / ESG options available (DFMs)
Multiple SRI / ESG portfolio options available (DFMs)
Bespoke SRI / ESG portfolios available (DFMs)
Fund management company information
About The Business
ESG / SRI engagement (AFM company wide)
Responsible ownership / stewardship policy or strategy (AFM company wide)
Responsible ownership policy for non SRI funds (AFM company wide)
Responsible ownership / ESG a key differentiator (AFM company wide)
Vote all* shares at AGMs / EGMs (AFM company wide)
Integrates ESG factors into all / most fund research
In-house diversity improvement programme (AFM company wide)
Senior management KPIs include environmental goals (AFM company wide)
Vulnerable client policy on website (AFM company wide)
Offer structured intermediary training on sustainable investment
Offer unstructured intermediary sustainable investment training
Resources
In-house responsible ownership / voting expertise
Employ specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability researchers
Use specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability research companies
Collaborations & Affiliations
PRI signatory
UKSIF member
Climate Action 100+ or IIGCC member
Fund EcoMarket partner
Investment Association (IA) member
Accreditations
UK Stewardship Code signatory (AFM company wide)
PRI A+ rated (AFM company wide)
Engagement Approach
Engaging on climate change issues
Engaging with fossil fuel companies on climate change
Engaging on biodiversity / nature issues
Engaging on human rights issues
Engaging on diversity, equality and / or inclusion issues
Engaging on governance issues
Engaging on responsible supply chain issues
Company Wide Exclusions
Controversial weapons avoidance policy (AFM company wide)
Climate & Net Zero Transition
Encourage carbon / greenhouse gas reduction (AFM company wide)
Transparency
Publish full voting record (AFM company wide)
Publish responsible ownership / stewardship report (AFM company wide)
Full SRI policy information on company website
Full SRI policy information available on request
Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Policy:
Quilter Cheviot’s investment process combines strong discipline with bespoke, flexible, asset allocation and stock selection. Our approach is a combination of ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ analysis. We are not constrained by one particular investment style (such as growth, value etc.) and believe the best returns come from a flexible approach during different economic cycles. We aim to reflect our views on asset class and geographical allocation through the portfolio and support these with conviction ideas within our five investment themes: Clean Energy, Food, Health, Resource and Water. To select our holdings, we use a combination of quantitative analysis, in-house fundamental research, brokers’ research notes and management meetings. An important tool for both stock selection and portfolio monitoring is the UN Sustainable Development Goal Framework.
We recognize that well managed companies are better placed to generate long term returns to clients. As such, we aim to identify, understand, and monitor the key environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues surrounding the companies, sectors, and regions in which we invest. We employ an independent specialist firm (Ethical Screening) to screen the securities researched by our analysts and advise which ones should be excluded, ensuring the exclusions are applied fairly and consistently. The Climate Assets Funds exclusions include fossil fuel exploration and production, tobacco, gambling, alcohol and factory farming.
The Fund will invest mainly in companies that provide solutions to the environmental and economic challenges of climate change, resource scarcity and population growth, and follow sustainability themes. The funds are actively managed and normally remain fully invested save for such operational liquidity as may be required from time to time. There will, however, be no restrictions on the underlying content of the investments held, in terms of investment type, geographical or economic sector, other than investment into other collective investment schemes, which will be restricted to 10% of the value of the Fund and those imposed by the Regulations. This means that the Investment Adviser has the absolute discretion to weight the portfolio towards any investment type or sector, including cash, at any time provided such investment is compatible with the investment objective and policy of the Fund as a whole.
Dialshifter
This fund is helping to ‘shift the dial from brown to green’ by…
.. only investing in companies that offer solutions to the global and emerging challenge of delivering ‘more with less’ for a rapidly growing population with a finite supply of resources and within a carbon constrained environment.
We have five positive investment themes at the heart of our stock selection process: Clean Energy, Food, Health, Resource Efficiency and Water. Through our unique investment philosophy we aim to improve our environment and make a positive impact on society.
Our organisation is helping to support the Paris Climate Agreement and the Race to Net Zero by…
…..following external best practice frameworks to shape our strategy including the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) financial sector target-setting guidance and the Investor Agenda.
We incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors, including those relating to climate change, into our investment decision making processes and stewardship activities across the organisation.
We also continue to dedicate resource to reducing the impact on the climate from our business operations and value chain. Aligned with SBTi guidance, we have set a near-term target to reduce our Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2030, from a 2020 baseline.