L&G Global Developed Four Factor Index Fund
SRI Style:
Environmental Style
SDR Labelling:
Unlabelled with sustainable characteristics
Product:
OEIC
Fund Region:
Global
Fund Asset Type:
Passive Equity
Launch Date:
07/08/2018
Last Amended:
Aug 2025
Dialshifter (
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Fund Size:
£3209.70m
(as at: 30/04/2025)
Total Screened Themed SRI Assets:
£424600.00m
(as at: 31/12/2024)
Total Responsible Ownership Assets:
£1117672.56m
(as at: 31/12/2024)
Total Assets Under Management:
£1117672.56m
(as at: 31/12/2024)
ISIN:
GB00BF18NR50, GB00BF18NT74, GB00BD904M12, GB00BL4PNZ39, GB00BJXTNG32, GB00BKTPDF16, GB00BMDH1756
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Objectives:
The objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the SciBeta Developed Low-Carbon & ESG High-Factor-Intensity Multi-Beta (vol, val, mom, pro/inv) Maximum Deconcentration Index, the "Benchmark Index" on a net total return basis before fees and expenses are applied.
Sustainability investment labels help investors find products that have a specific sustainability goal. This product does not have a UK sustainability investment label in accordance with the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements as it does not have a specific sustainability objective in its investment objective, which is a requirement for a sustainability investment label. However, this Fund and the benchmark index that the Fund replicates apply environmental, social and governance criteria.
Further information on the Fund’s sustainability characteristics can be found in the Fund Details set out in the Prospectus.
Sustainable, Responsible
&/or ESG Overview:
The fund aims to help deliver positive impacts by:
- Exclusions: controversial weapons, companies violating fundamental ethical norms, tobacco companies and coal companies
- Application of a Carbon Footprint filter: the carbon filter applied by the Benchmark Index provider excludes certain companies with higher Carbon Footprint compared to other companies.
Primary fund last amended:
Aug 2025
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Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Policy:
The Sub-fund is a Replicating Sub-fund as it seeks to replicate as closely as possible the constituents of the Benchmark Index by holding all, or substantially all, of the assets comprising the Benchmark Index in similar proportions to their weightings in the Benchmark Index.
The Sub-fund will have at least 90% exposure to assets that are included in the Benchmark Index.
The Benchmark Index is comprised of shares in large and middle capitalisation companies globally, based on four risk factors: Value, Low Volatility, High Momentum and Quality in accordance with the index provider’s methodology.
The Sub-fund may also invest in money market instruments (such as treasury bills), cash, permitted deposits, shares in companies which are reasonably expected to become part of the Benchmark Index in the near future or are an alternative to a constituent of the Benchmark Index and collective investment schemes, including those managed or operated by the ACS Manager or an Associate of the ACS Manager.
The Sub-fund may only use derivatives and stock lending for the purposes of Efficient Portfolio Management.
Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") considerations:
The Benchmark Index provider applies the following ESG criteria to the Benchmark Index:
- Exclusions:
- Exclusion of controversial weapons, which are weapons that are either prohibited under international conventions or deemed inhumane due to their disproportionate or indiscriminate impact. Exclusion focuses on companies with potential involvement in Anti-Personnel Landmines and Cluster munitions, producers of nuclear weapons and their key components in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Exclusion of companies violating fundamental ethical norms, using the UN Global Compact as the main reference for fundamental ethical norms of corporate behaviour.
- Exclusion of certain tobacco companies and manufacturers of tobacco and tobacco products
- Exclusion of coal companies, companies deriving turnover from thermal coal mining, companies that make significant use of coal in their power generation fuel mix exceeding their coal exit pathways to phase out coal, companies with significant coal power generation capacity, companies that own coal reserves, and companies deriving significant turnover from Tar Sands.
The Benchmark Index Provider’s methodology uses various assessment criteria, including revenue thresholds to identify companies that are excluded. Only companies that meet the criteria are excluded, consequently the Benchmark Index may hold companies involved in the above activities which do not meet the Index Provider’s criteria.
- Application of a Carbon Footprint filter:
- The carbon filter applied by the Benchmark Index provider excludes certain companies with higher Carbon Footprint compared to other companies. The Benchmark Index provider limits these exclusions to avoid excluding too high a proportion of any given sector. Carbon Footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by companies in relation to their value as measured by market capitalisation. A company may be excluded if its Carbon Footprint ranks within the highest 10% of Carbon Footprints across the Benchmark Index’s investment universe. Companies with the highest Carbon Footprint are excluded across all economic or business sectors up to a maximum of 50% of companies within each economic or business sector. Once an economic or business sector reaches this limit, exclusions continue in other economic or business sectors where fewer than 50% of companies have been excluded.
- The Benchmark Index provider uses data from a range of the different types of greenhouse gas emissions:
- Scope 1: direct emissions from company-owned resources, like fuel combustion in vehicles.
- Scope 2: indirect emissions from purchased energy, such as electricity for buildings.
The Benchmark Index does not currently include other indirect greenhouse gas emissions, such as those from a company's 112 supply chain or product use (Scope 3). The inclusion of scope 3 emissions may provide a more complete analysis of the Benchmark Index’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions, should the Benchmark Index provider determine the Scope 3 data reported by companies and estimated by data providers to be sufficiently available and reliable.
Sustainability Metrics:
The Manager has identified the following metrics which may be useful when considering the sustainability characteristics of the Fund:
- The Carbon Footprint of the Benchmark Index compared to the Carbon Footprint of the relevant comparator index; and
- The proportion of the relevant comparator index excluded through the application of the exclusionary criteria.
Process:
The Sub-fund is a Replicating Sub-fund as it seeks to replicate as closely as possible the constituents of the Benchmark Index by holding all, or substantially all, of the assets comprising the Benchmark Index in similar proportions to their weightings in the Benchmark Index.
Research is an integral part of our portfolio management process and is performed on an ongoing basis to capture all elements that could affect the risk profile of benchmark indices. It is, therefore, most effective if it is carried out by the same professionals who are involved in managing portfolios as they have a thorough knowledge of index products and market conditions.
We also conduct ad hoc research for clients who wish to achieve a non-conventional index exposure and request professional opinions about associated practical portfolio management issues.
Moreover, we have long-standing relationships with major index providers. We provide guidance regarding index composition and construction, participate in index consultations, and serve on many advisory committees with the aim of improving the quality and investability of indices.
The majority of research is carried out in-house and is a function specific to the asset class. We receive research from external sources, including from major investment bank index research teams, however, L&G does not place any reliance on research by a third party.
Resources, Affiliations & Corporate Strategies:
As of December 2024, there are c.100 L&G - Asset Management (L&G) employees with roles dedicated to ESG, some of which are outlined in more detail below.
Responsible Investment and Investment Stewardship team
- Amelia Tan was appointed Head of Responsible Investment & Stewardship for Legal and General’s Asset Management division in January 2025, having joined in 2022 as Head of Responsible Investment Strategy. In this role, she is responsible for engagement with publicly listed investee companies globally across all of the firm’s assets under management as well as responsible investment processes and products of the public market’s investment teams. She coordinates the strategy for responsible investing in the Asset Management division and is responsible for regulatory and policy engagement regarding environmental, social, governance and responsible investment matters.
- The Investment Stewardship team is responsible for developing and carrying out L&G’s investment stewardship and active ownership activities. The team comprises subject matter experts across our global investment stewardship themes and is organised in a matrix of thematic and sector coverage.
- There are 24 people in our global Investment Stewardship team (as at 31 December 2024). The team includes those located in the US, Japan and Singapore, the latter two led by Aina Fukuda and Trista Chen, respectively.
- The Responsible Investing Strategy team, comprising three colleagues, works with investment teams to integrate responsible investing insights into investment process across asset classes and investment styles. Additionally, the team also looks to innovate on responsible investing products and solutions, with the focus on positioning and ensuring that we are market-leading, credible and consistent.
Climate Solutions team
- Nick Stansbury, Head of Climate Solutions, leads our energy transition approach and is one of our most prominent spokespeople on this topic.
- The Climate Solutions team, which has a total of eight team members, has created a bespoke, detailed and investor-focused model to facilitate construction of fully independent energy scenarios. The framework uses in excess of 10 million data variables to model the energy system. The model, L&G’s Destination@Risk, is now helping to inform our long-term investment decisions and develop dynamic pathways for the energy system.
ESG Distribution
- Laura Brown, Head of Public Markets Distribution, is supported by two further colleagues who are dedicated to ESG and supporting clients in meeting their sustainability and responsible investing objectives.
Real Assets
- L&G’s Real Assets teamhas 11 dedicated ESG experts working across the range of private credit and real estate strategies that we manage. This team is led Shuen Chan, Head of Responsible Investment and Sustainability.
Product Development and Strategy
- Rachel Ahlquistis focused on developing and shaping the strategic direction of the pooled product range with respect to Responsible Investment features. This includes specific focus on product launch or amendment work with more advanced ESG features.
Global Research and Engagement Group (GREGs)
Further to those with roles dedicated to ESG, our Global Research and Engagement Groups (GREGs) bring together representatives from the Investment and Investment Stewardship teams across regions and asset classes. The GREGs enable L&G to connect top-down macro and thematic views with bottom-up analysis of corporate and sector fundamentals to understand the materiality of sustainability risks and opportunities and prioritise them accordingly. Combining the capabilities of the Investment and Investment Stewardship teams also enables L&G to scale and coordinate our engagement efforts with companies at board and executive management levels, across all asset class and investment styles. C.40 research analysts contribute to our GREGs, researching into structural industry changes and risks, and identifying key themes and engagement topics across nine sectors.
Please see L&G Attachment 1 - ESG Memberships and Collaboration for details on list of related affiliations and memberships.
Please find the team organisation chart below.
See also: L&G ESG Memberships & Collaborations.docx
Dialshifter
SDR Labelling:
Unlabelled with sustainable characteristics
Key Performance Indicators:
The Manager has identified the following metrics which may be useful when considering the sustainability characteristics of the Fund:
- The Carbon Footprint of the Benchmark Index compared to the Carbon Footprint of the relevant comparator index; and
- The proportion of the relevant comparator index excluded through the application of the exclusionary criteria.
Further information can be found in the Fund Details set out in the Consumer Facing Disclosure.
- Consumer Facing Disclosure
SDR Literature:
Fund Holdings
Voting Record
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Environmental Style | Unlabelled with sustainable characteristics | OEIC | Global | Passive Equity | 07/08/2018 | Aug 2025 | |
ObjectivesThe objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the SciBeta Developed Low-Carbon & ESG High-Factor-Intensity Multi-Beta (vol, val, mom, pro/inv) Maximum Deconcentration Index, the "Benchmark Index" on a net total return basis before fees and expenses are applied. Sustainability investment labels help investors find products that have a specific sustainability goal. This product does not have a UK sustainability investment label in accordance with the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements as it does not have a specific sustainability objective in its investment objective, which is a requirement for a sustainability investment label. However, this Fund and the benchmark index that the Fund replicates apply environmental, social and governance criteria. Further information on the Fund’s sustainability characteristics can be found in the Fund Details set out in the Prospectus. |
Fund Size: £3209.70m (as at: 30/04/2025) Total Screened Themed SRI Assets: £424600.00m (as at: 31/12/2024) Total Responsible Ownership Assets: £1117672.56m (as at: 31/12/2024) Total Assets Under Management: £1117672.56m (as at: 31/12/2024) ISIN: GB00BF18NR50, GB00BF18NT74, GB00BD904M12, GB00BL4PNZ39, GB00BJXTNG32, GB00BKTPDF16, GB00BMDH1756 Contact Us: fundsales@lgim.com |
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Does not invest in sovereigns
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Invests in banks
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Invests in insurers
Funds that do or may invest in insurance companies. Governance & Management
Governance policy
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Avoids companies with poor governance
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Invests in small, mid and large cap companies / assets
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Aims to generate positive impacts (or 'outcomes')
Funds that aim to help or support the delivery of positive social or environmental impacts (or societal/real world outcomes) by investing in companies they regard as beneficial to people and / or the planet. Strategies vary. See fund literature for further information.
Positive environmental impact theme
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Invests in sustainability / ESG disruptors
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Positive selection bias
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Negative selection bias
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ESG weighted / tilt
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Passive / index driven strategy
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SRI / ESG / Ethical policies explained on website
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Do not use stock / securities lending
This fund does not use stock lending for performance or risk purposes. Intended Clients & Product Options
Intended for investors interested in sustainability
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Responsible ownership / stewardship policy or strategy (AFM company wide)
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ESG / SRI engagement (AFM company wide)
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Vote all* shares at AGMs / EGMs (AFM company wide)
Find fund managers that vote all* the shares they own at Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings. A commitment to voting shares is a key indicator of 'responsible share ownership' demonstrating their support for or disagreement with management policy. (*situations can legitimately, occasionally occur where voting proves impossible, but in principle all shares should be voted.)
Responsible ownership / ESG a key differentiator (AFM company wide)
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Sustainable property strategy (AFM company wide)
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Senior management KPIs include environmental goals (AFM company wide)
The leadership team of this asset manager have performance targets linked to environmental goals.
Responsible ownership policy for non SRI funds (AFM company wide)
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Integrates ESG factors into all / most (AFM) fund research
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In-house diversity improvement programme (AFM company wide)
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Diversity, equality & inclusion engagement policy (AFM company wide)
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Invests in newly listed companies (AFM company wide)
This asset management company invests in companies which have recently listed on a stock exchange (which is important as it can help grow new businesses).
Invests in new sustainability linked bond issuances (AFM company wide)
Asset management company has investments in bonds designed to meet sustainability requirements - however these assets may not be 'ringfenced' for this purpose. See fund manager website for details. Collaborations & Affiliations
PRI signatory
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TNFD forum member (AFM company wide)
A member of the Taskforce for Nature Related Financial Disclosures group which aims to aid risk management and shift money towards nature-positive outcomes.
Investment Association (IA) member
Fund management entity is a member of the Investment Association https://www.theia.org/ Resources
In-house responsible ownership / voting expertise
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Employ specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability researchers
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Use specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability research companies
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ESG specialists on all investment desks (AFM company wide)
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UK Stewardship Code signatory (AFM company wide)
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Regularly lead collaborative ESG initiatives (AFM company wide)
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Engaging on climate change issues
Fund manager has stewardship /responsible ownership strategy that is focused on addressing climate change with investee assets.
Engaging with fossil fuel companies on climate change
Asset manager has a stewardship /responsible ownership strategy that involves working with fossil fuel companies on climate change related issues. See fund manager website for details.
Engaging to reduce plastics pollution / waste
Asset manager has stewardship /responsible ownership strategy with involves encouraging investee asset to reduce plastic waste and pollution.
Engaging to encourage responsible mining practices
Asset manager has a stewardship / responsible ownership policy that means they are working to encourage more responsible mining practices - where environmental and social issues are properly dealt with by the companies they invest in.
Engaging on biodiversity / nature issues
The asset manager has a responsible ownership / stewardship strategy that focuses on biodiversity and nature issues relating to the assets they invest the aim of which will be to reduce harm and or deliver improvement. Strategies vary. https://tnfd.global
Engaging to encourage a Just Transition
Asset manager has a responsible ownership / stewardship strategy which means they are working to encourage the shift to more sustainable business practices in ways that respect and are sensitive to social issues and the impact change has on people effected by the changes that are taking place. https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/ https://transitiontaskforce.net/
Engaging on human rights issues
Asset manager has responsible ownership / stewardship strategy in place which aims to address human rights issues in investee companies (and potentially their suppliers) with the aim of raising standards
Engaging on labour / employment issues
Asset manager has responsible ownership / stewardship strategy in place that aims to improve labour standards for the benefit of employees in investee companies (and potentially their suppliers)
Engaging on diversity, equality and / or inclusion issues
Asset management company has a stewardship strategy in place which involves working to raise diversity, equality and inclusion standards across investee assets
Engaging to stop modern slavery
working with the assets they hold to help stamp out modern slavery - where direct or indirect company employees are exploited for business benefits.
Engaging on governance issues
Fund managers have stewardship strategies in place that focus on improving governance standards across investee assets
Stewardship escalation policy
Escalation policies describe how a manager will proceed if stewardship / engagement activity is not successful in the short term. Company Wide Exclusions
Controversial weapons avoidance policy (AFM company wide)
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Review(ing) carbon / fossil fuel exposure for all funds (AFM company wide)
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Coal exclusion policy (group wide coal mining exclusion policy)
This asset manager excludes direct investment in the coal mining industry. Managers ability to do this may depend on the geographic regions in which they invest. Climate & Net Zero Transition
Net Zero commitment (AFM company wide)
Fund management organisations that have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to ‘net zero’. Strategies vary - this area is changing rapidly.
Net Zero - have set a Net Zero target date (AFM company wide)
This asset management company has set a date by which they plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas / CO2e emissions.
Encourage carbon / greenhouse gas reduction (AFM company wide)
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Carbon transition plan published (AFM company wide)
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Carbon offsetting – do NOT offset carbon as part of net zero plan (AFM company wide)
This asset management company plans to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (CO2e) emissions by reducing their emissions. Calculations and scope vary.
In-house carbon / GHG reduction policy (AFM company wide)
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Working towards a ‘Net Zero’ commitment (AFM company wide)
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Committed to SBTi / Science Based Targets Initiative
See https://sciencebasedtargets.org/ Transparency
Publish responsible ownership / stewardship report (AFM company wide)
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Full SRI / responsible ownership policy information on company website
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Full SRI / responsible ownership policy information available on request
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Publish full voting record (AFM company wide)
Fund management companies that publish a full record of how they vote their shares at AGMs (annual general meetings) and EGMs (extraordinary general meetings). Voting strategies have an important role to play encouraging higher environmental, social and governance standards.
Net Zero transition plan publicly available (AFM company wide)
This asset management company has published a plan that explains how they are going to achieve net zero greenhouse gas / CO2e emissions.
Dialshifter statement
Find fund management companies that have supplied Dialshifter information. See Dialshifter tab within record for more information. Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Policy:The Sub-fund is a Replicating Sub-fund as it seeks to replicate as closely as possible the constituents of the Benchmark Index by holding all, or substantially all, of the assets comprising the Benchmark Index in similar proportions to their weightings in the Benchmark Index. The Sub-fund will have at least 90% exposure to assets that are included in the Benchmark Index. The Benchmark Index is comprised of shares in large and middle capitalisation companies globally, based on four risk factors: Value, Low Volatility, High Momentum and Quality in accordance with the index provider’s methodology. The Sub-fund may also invest in money market instruments (such as treasury bills), cash, permitted deposits, shares in companies which are reasonably expected to become part of the Benchmark Index in the near future or are an alternative to a constituent of the Benchmark Index and collective investment schemes, including those managed or operated by the ACS Manager or an Associate of the ACS Manager. The Sub-fund may only use derivatives and stock lending for the purposes of Efficient Portfolio Management. Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") considerations: The Benchmark Index provider applies the following ESG criteria to the Benchmark Index:
The Benchmark Index Provider’s methodology uses various assessment criteria, including revenue thresholds to identify companies that are excluded. Only companies that meet the criteria are excluded, consequently the Benchmark Index may hold companies involved in the above activities which do not meet the Index Provider’s criteria.
The Benchmark Index does not currently include other indirect greenhouse gas emissions, such as those from a company's 112 supply chain or product use (Scope 3). The inclusion of scope 3 emissions may provide a more complete analysis of the Benchmark Index’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions, should the Benchmark Index provider determine the Scope 3 data reported by companies and estimated by data providers to be sufficiently available and reliable. Sustainability Metrics: The Manager has identified the following metrics which may be useful when considering the sustainability characteristics of the Fund:
Process:The Sub-fund is a Replicating Sub-fund as it seeks to replicate as closely as possible the constituents of the Benchmark Index by holding all, or substantially all, of the assets comprising the Benchmark Index in similar proportions to their weightings in the Benchmark Index. Research is an integral part of our portfolio management process and is performed on an ongoing basis to capture all elements that could affect the risk profile of benchmark indices. It is, therefore, most effective if it is carried out by the same professionals who are involved in managing portfolios as they have a thorough knowledge of index products and market conditions. We also conduct ad hoc research for clients who wish to achieve a non-conventional index exposure and request professional opinions about associated practical portfolio management issues. Moreover, we have long-standing relationships with major index providers. We provide guidance regarding index composition and construction, participate in index consultations, and serve on many advisory committees with the aim of improving the quality and investability of indices. The majority of research is carried out in-house and is a function specific to the asset class. We receive research from external sources, including from major investment bank index research teams, however, L&G does not place any reliance on research by a third party. Resources, Affiliations & Corporate Strategies:As of December 2024, there are c.100 L&G - Asset Management (L&G) employees with roles dedicated to ESG, some of which are outlined in more detail below. Responsible Investment and Investment Stewardship team
Climate Solutions team
ESG Distribution
Real Assets
Product Development and Strategy
Global Research and Engagement Group (GREGs) Further to those with roles dedicated to ESG, our Global Research and Engagement Groups (GREGs) bring together representatives from the Investment and Investment Stewardship teams across regions and asset classes. The GREGs enable L&G to connect top-down macro and thematic views with bottom-up analysis of corporate and sector fundamentals to understand the materiality of sustainability risks and opportunities and prioritise them accordingly. Combining the capabilities of the Investment and Investment Stewardship teams also enables L&G to scale and coordinate our engagement efforts with companies at board and executive management levels, across all asset class and investment styles. C.40 research analysts contribute to our GREGs, researching into structural industry changes and risks, and identifying key themes and engagement topics across nine sectors. Please see L&G Attachment 1 - ESG Memberships and Collaboration for details on list of related affiliations and memberships. Please find the team organisation chart below.
See also: L&G ESG Memberships & Collaborations.docx
Dialshifter (Fund)
Dialshifter (Corporate)Our organisation is helping to support the Paris Climate Agreement and the Race to Net Zero by… At L&G’s Asset Management division, we take our role in addressing climate change very seriously. We have a duty of looking to mitigate long-term risks and seize emerging opportunities and are a company that is acting today in our clients’ long-term interests. As a founding signatory to the Net Zero Asset Manager Initiative (NZAMI), we have committed to support the goal of net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. We have committed to work in partnership with our clients to reach net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 or sooner across all assets under management (AUM). SDR Labelling:Unlabelled with sustainable characteristics Key Performance Indicators:
The Manager has identified the following metrics which may be useful when considering the sustainability characteristics of the Fund:
Further information can be found in the Fund Details set out in the Consumer Facing Disclosure.
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