L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF

SRI Style:

Environmental Style

SDR Labelling:

Not eligible to use label (out of scope)

Product:

ETF

Fund Region:

Global

Fund Asset Type:

Passive Equity

Launch Date:

02/07/2019

Last Amended:

Aug 2025

Dialshifter ():

Fund/Portfolio Size:

£408.20m

(as at: 23/06/2025)

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:

IE00BK5BC891

Objectives:

The L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF (the "Fund") is a passively managed exchange traded fund ("ETF") that aims to track the performance of the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR (the "Index").

The Fund has a sustainable investment objective as it invests in companies which (i) contribute to environmental objectives, (ii) do not significantly harm any environmental or social objectives, and (iii) follow good governance practices.

 

Sustainable, Responsible
&/or ESG Overview:

The L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF (the "ETF") aims to track the performance of the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR (the “Index”).

The L&G Clean Water ETF forms part of L&G’s thematic exchange traded fund (ETF) range and seeks to offer investors exposure to a diverse basket of stocks integral to the world’s management of its water.

We believe the unrivalled expertise of Global Water Intelligence, a provider of cutting-edge business information and research on the water industry, ensures that the underlying index, the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR, is able to capture the entire value chain of the clean water and water technology theme.

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by tracking the performance of the underlying index.

Primary fund last amended:

Aug 2025

Information directly from fund manager.

Fund Filters

Sustainability - General
Sustainability policy

Has policies that consider (environmental and social) sustainability issues. Strategies vary but are likely to consider environmental issues like climate change, carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, resource management, environmental impacts; and social issues like equal opportunities, human rights, labour standards, diversity and adherence to internationally recognised codes. See individual entry information.

Sustainability focus

Has a significant focus on sustainability issues

UN Global Compact linked exclusion policy

Use the UN Global Compact to inform or help direct where they can or cannot invest. Will typically not invest in companies with significant breaches (low standards) - strategies vary. (The UNGC covers a wide range of issues - search 'UNGC'). See https://unglobalcompact.org/

Environmental - General
Limits exposure to carbon intensive industries

Options that limit or 'reduce' their exposure to carbon intensive industries (ie sectors which are major contributors to climate change). Strategies vary.

Resource efficiency policy or theme

Has a policy or theme that relates to managing natural resources more efficiently. Strategies vary. See individual entry information.

Favours cleaner, greener companies

Aims to invest in companies with strong or market leading environmental policies and practices. Strategies vary. See individual entry information for more detail.

Nature & Biodiversity
Nature / biodiversity based solutions theme

A significant focus on investments that aim to protect, improve and / or restore natural habitat.

Climate Change & Energy
Coal, oil & / or gas majors excluded

Avoid investment in major coal, oil and/or gas (extraction) companies. Strategies vary.

Fracking and tar sands excluded

Avoid companies involved in fracking and tar sands - which are widely regarded as controversial methods of oil and gas extraction. Strategies vary.

Arctic drilling exclusion

Avoid companies that are involved in extracting oil from the Arctic regions.

Fossil fuel reserves exclusion

Avoid investing in companies / assets with coal, oil and gas reserves. See individual entry information for further details.

Fossil fuel exploration exclusion - direct involvement

Excludes companies and other assets with direct involvement in fossil fuel exploration (eg coal, oil and gas companies)

Fossil fuel exploration exclusion – indirect involvement

Excludes companies / assets with indirect involvement in fossil fuel exploration. This may relate to providers of finance and / or insurance and providers of other services.

Paris aligned strategy

Aims to ensure holdings will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with targets set at COP21 in Paris. The core aim is to help achieve ‘net zero emissions by 2050’ and a ‘maximum global temperature increase of +1.5 to +2 degrees above preindustrial levels’. Strategies and opinions vary.

Ethical Values Led Exclusions
Tobacco and related product manufacturers excluded

Companies are excluded if they are involved in any aspect of the production chain for tobacco products, including cigarettes, vaping, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars.

Tobacco and related products - avoid where revenue > 5%

Companies are excluded if they make more than 5% of their revenue from the manufacture, sale or distribution of tobacco products including cigarettes, vaping, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars.

Controversial weapons exclusion

Excludes companies which make controversial weapons such as landmines, cluster munitions and chemical weapons.

Armaments manufacturers avoided

Avoids companies that manufacture weapons intended specifically for military use. Strategies vary - may or may not included non-strategic military products.

Military involvement exclusion

Avoids companies with military contracts. This may include medical supplies, food, safety equipment, housing, technology etc

Alcohol production excluded

Avoids companies that produce alcohol. Strategies vary; some may allow a small proportion of revenue to come from this area.

Gambling avoidance policy

Avoids companies with significant involvement in the gambling industry. Some may allow a small proportion of revenues to come from this area.

Pornography avoidance policy

Find funds that avoid companies that derive significant income from pornography and related areas. Strategies vary.

Human Rights
Human rights policy

Has policies relating to human rights issues. Typically require companies to demonstrate higher standards, although some managers work to encourage improvements. Investee companies are often judged against internationally agreed norms or standards. Strategies vary.

Child labour exclusion

Has policies to avoid companies that employ children.

Responsible supply chain policy or theme

Has policies or a theme that relates to the responsible management of supply chains. These may relate to employment issues, notably people employed by their suppliers, as well as the sourcing of materials and products.

Indigenous peoples’ policy

Has a policy which sets out the position on the treatment of indigenous people by investee assets/companies - typically meaning they won't invest in companies with low standards.

Modern slavery exclusion policy

Has a policy which excludes assets with involvement in Modern Slavery

Meeting Peoples' Basic Needs
Water / sanitation policy or theme

Have policies or themes that set out the position on investment in the water sector and/or sanitation. Strategies vary.

Governance & Management
Governance policy

Has policies that relate to corporate governance issues such as board structure, executive remuneration, bribery and/or corporate corruption. These funds will typically avoid companies with poor practices. Strategies vary.

Avoids companies with poor governance

Avoids investing in companies with poor governance practices.(e.g. board structure, management practices etc.) Views may however vary on what counts as 'poor' practices - and funds may not immediately divest as they may prefer to work to encourage higher standards.

UN sanctions exclusion

Exclude companies that are subject to United Nations sanctions. See eg https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/un-sc-consolidated-list

Anti-bribery and corruption policy

Has policies explaining how managers will respond to assets / companies that do not comply with relevant anti-bribery and anti-corruption standards or laws. Strategies vary; options include stewardship/ engagement and divestment - or a combination.

Product /Service Governance
ESG integration strategy

Find funds that factor in 'environmental, social and governance' issues as part of their investment decision making process. A focus on 'ESG' typically means a fund is carrying out additional research to help reduce ESG related risks. It does not necessarily mean a focus on sustainability. Strategies vary. See fund literature.

Asset Size
Over 50% large cap companies

Invests more than half of their money into what are commonly regarded as 'large companies'. This will typically mean that the market capitalisation (or value) of the companies they hold is in excess of £5 to £10 billion.

Invests in small, mid and large cap companies / assets

Invests in a combination of small, medium and larger (potentially multinational) companies.

Targeted Positive Investments
Invests >25% in environmental/social solutions companies

Invests >25% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Invests >50% of fund in environmental/social solutions companies

Invests >50% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Impact Methodologies
Positive environmental impact theme

Specifically sets out to help deliver positive environmental impacts, benefits or 'real world' outcomes.

How The Fund/Portfolio Works
Single resource theme or focus

Has a single resource themed focus in their investment strategy on a single natural 'resource' eg water.

Data led strategy

Makes stock selection (and ongoing management) decisions based on ESG data or company ratings (normally supplied by third parties) rather than focusing on what individual companies do, how they operate or their plans for the future

Passive / index driven strategy

Only uses an investment index to direct where they can invest. Fund strategies and indices vary.

Significant harm exclusion

Aims to avoid companies that do significant harm. This originates from the EU’s sustainable finance ‘DNSH’ (do no significant harm) work, which is not necessarily used by UK investors.

Combines norms based exclusions with other SRI criteria

Investment selection process uses internationally agreed 'norms' (e.g. United Nations Global Compact - UNGC - or the UN Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs) alongside additional SRI criteria such as positive or negative stock selection policies and/or stewardship strategies.

Combines ESG strategy with other SRI criteria

Invests in assets which have an ESG strategy (which is typically focused on avoiding companies that pose environmental, social or governance related risks) together with additional criteria such as positive and/or negative screens, themes and stewardship strategies.

SRI / ESG / Ethical policies explained on website

Publish explanations of their ethical, social and/or environmental policies online (i.e. investment decision making strategies/ buy/sell &/or asset management strategies).

Do not use stock / securities lending

Does not use stock lending for performance or risk purposes.

Unscreened Assets & Cash
All assets (except cash) meet published sustainability criteria

All assets - except cash - meet the sustainability criteria published in strategy documentation.

Intended Clients & Product Options
Intended for investors interested in sustainability

Finds funds designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in sustainability issues.

Labels & Accreditations
SFDR Article 9 fund / product (EU)

Finds funds classified under Article 9 of the EU’s SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Requirements). Article 9 of the SFDR applies to financial products that have sustainable investment 'objectives' - including emissions reduction objectives. (These may currently be referred to as 'impact' funds or aiming to deliver clear, specific positive outcomes.) These rules do not currently apply in the UK so fund managers may leave this field blank.

Fund Management Company Information

About The Business
Responsible ownership / stewardship policy or strategy (AFM company wide)

Finds fund management companies that have a published company wide stewardship, engagement and / or responsible ownership policy or strategy that covers all investments. Stewardship typically involves encouraging higher ESG standards through voting and dialogue.

ESG / SRI engagement (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that actively encourage higher 'environmental, social and governance' and/or 'sustainable and responsible investment' practices across investee companies - typically where the aim is to encourage positive change that is aligned with the best interests of investors. Strategies vary. See additional information and options.

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)

Find fund managers that consider responsible ownership and ESG to be a key differentiator for their business.

Sustainable property strategy (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that take sustainability criteria into account when selecting and/or managing all of their property / real estate investments.

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)

Find funds run by fund managers that apply Responsible ownership or 'Stewardship' policies to all or most of their investment assets. This means active involvement (e.g. voting, dialogue) with the companies they invest in across funds (not normally limited to ethical or SRI options.) Read fund literature for further information.

Integrates ESG factors into all / most (AFM) fund research

Find fund management companies that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when deciding whether or not to invest in a company for all / almost all of their funds and other assets. This is increasingly seen as part of sound risk management.

In-house diversity improvement programme (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund managers that have an in-house (company wide) diversity improvement programme - meaning that they are working to ensure that within their own businesses they employ people from diverse backgrounds - often typically focused on ethnicity and/or sex.

Diversity, equality & inclusion engagement policy (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that encourage the companies they invest in to have strong diversity, race, gender and other equality policies across all assets held, not simply screened or themed SRI/ESG funds. (ie Asset Management company wide).

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

Find fund management companies that have signed up to the UN backed 'Principles of Responsible Investment'.

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

Find fund management companies that employ people to steer and support fund managers in voting shares at company AGM's and EGMs in ways that are consistent with encouraging higher ESG/sustainability standards.

Employ specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability researchers

Find a fund management company that directly employs specialist ESG/SRI/sustainability researchers or analysts. This allows asset managers to discuss environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities directly with companies.

Use specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability research companies

Find fund management companies that makes use of expert external research companies. This can help deliver specialist expertise and means resources are pooled with other investors.

ESG specialists on all investment desks (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund managers that have one or more ESG/sustainability experts on all investment teams or 'desks' (all asset types)

Accreditations
UK Stewardship Code signatory (AFM company wide)

Find fund managers that are signatories to the FRC UK Stewardship Code, which sets out a framework for constructive investor / investee relations where fund managers are encouraged to behave like responsible, typically longer term 'company owners'.

Engagement Approach
Regularly lead collaborative ESG initiatives (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that regularly initiate or run industry wide (collaborative) investor projects aimed at raising environmental, social and governance standards amongst investee companies.

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)

Find fund management companies (not funds) that avoid investment in 'controversial weapons' across all of their funds and other investment vehicles.

Review(ing) carbon / fossil fuel exposure for all funds (AFM company wide)

Find funds / fund managers that are reviewing, or have reviewed, their exposure to carbon intensive industries including (but not only) mining, oil and gas companies. (Typically with reference to climate change.)

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)

Find fund management companies that are working with the companies they invest in to encourage reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon transition plan published (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund managers that have a company wide carbon transition plan - meaning that they have plotted a path to how they will move away from activities that produce or use carbon based energy sources (that emit greenhouse gases) towards clean, alternative, renewable energy sources.

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)

Find fund management companies that are working to reduce their own (fund management company) carbon/greenhouse gas emissions.

Working towards a ‘Net Zero’ commitment (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund management companies that are in the process of working out how to make a ‘net zero commitment’ - meaning that when that is finalised they will have started the process of reducing their total greenhouse gas emissions to'zero'.

Committed to SBTi / Science Based Targets Initiative

See https://sciencebasedtargets.org/

Transparency
Publish responsible ownership / stewardship report (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that publish a report detailing their responsible investment ownership - also known as 'Stewardship' - activity.

Full SRI / responsible ownership policy information on company website

Find companies that publish information about their sustainable and responsible investment strategies on their company website.

Full SRI / responsible ownership policy information available on request

Find fund management companies that will supply information about their sustainable and responsible investment activity on request.

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 L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF (the "ETF") aims to track the performance of the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR (the “Index”).

The Fund has a sustainable investment objective as it invests in companies which (i) contribute to environmental objectives, (ii) do not significantly harm any environmental or social objectives, and (iii) follow good governance practices. Further information can be found in the Fund Supplement.

The Fund follows the following sustainability-related investment strategy by tracking the Index that applies:

Clean Water Theme:

The Index is comprised of companies that are actively engaged in the international clean water industry through the provision of technological, digital, engineering, utility and/or other services. In order to ensure that the Index is comprised of companies which are actively engaged in the global clean water industry and which seek to contribute to the purification and treatment of water, thereby helping to reduce pollution and waste of water, minimise emission of chemicals, reduce the percentage of untreated wastewater and promote sustainable management of water resources and ecosystems and sanitisation, the Index Provider considers the following list of environmental factors when selecting Index constituents: Companies engaged in the international water sector, as provided by an independent third party data provider, are eligible for inclusion into the Index. The Index includes companies that (a) have expertise in providing certain services in areas such as, but not limited to, “technology”, “digital”, “utility”, and/or “engineering” for the global clean water industry (“Water Related Services”); and (b) derive a certain proportion of revenue from the provision of Water Related Services.

Solactive ESG Exclusions:
The Index excludes companies which:

  • are non-compliant with the UN Global Compact,
  • are associated with a controversy (i.e. companies that have been involved in events that have a severe impact on the environment and society, posing serious business risks to the company),
  • are involved in the production or retail of tobacco, or are a related product/service,
  • are involved in military contracting weapons or related products,
  • are directly involved or indirectly involved through corporate ownership, in controversial weapons,
  • are involved in the retail or distribution of small arms to civilians (assault and non-assault weapons) and military/law enforcement customers, as well as key components of small arms,
  • are involved in thermal coal extraction, power generation or supporting products/services,
  • are involved in the generation, production of conventional oil and gas, or supporting products/services,
  • are involved in oil sands extraction, arctic oil & gas exploration/extraction or shale energy extraction,
  • are involved in the production, retail or related services/products of alcohol,
  • are involved in the operations, specialized equipment or supporting products/services of gambling, and
  • are involved in the production or distribution of adult entertainment.

Such exclusions and the definition of “involvement” are determined by the Index provider by reference to the “ESG Exclusions Index" which is found at: https://solactive.com/downloads/Guideline-Solactive-ESG-Exclusions-Index.pdf

 Paris Aligned Benchmark ESG Exclusions:

The Index will exclude companies based on the exclusions for EU Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PAB). The exclusions for PAB are the following:

  • Companies involved in any activities related to controversial weapons;
  • Companies involved in the cultivation and production of tobacco
  • Companies in violation of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) principles or the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;
  • Companies that derive 1 % or more of their revenues from exploration, mining, extraction, distribution or refining of hard coal and lignite;
  • Companies that derive 10 % or more of their revenues from the exploration, extraction, distribution or refining of oil fuels;
  • Companies that derive 50 % or more of their revenues from the exploration, extraction, manufacturing or distribution of gaseous fuels;
  • Companies that derive 50 % or more of their revenues from electricity generation with a GHG intensity of more than 100 g CO2 e/kWh.

Additionally, the Fund considers principal adverse impacts on sustainability factors and L&G has identified a subset of the adverse sustainability indicators that are relevant to the Fund’s investments. The Fund considers principal adverse impacts, identified using the below listed sustainability indicators, through the implementation of the Fund’s ESG investment strategy.

  • PAI 4: Exposure to fossil fuel companies
  • PAI 5: Share of non-renewable energy
  • PAI 10: Companies violating UNGC/OECD
  • PAI 14: Controversial weapons

Process:

L&G has developed a proprietary research tool called Active ESG View which brings together granular quantitative and qualitative ESG inputs. Active ESG View primarily uses third-party data from multiple different vendors which includes hundreds of ESG metrics (including data on carbon emissions, water and waste, environmental policies and controls, labour, health and safety, bribery and corruption) spanning 64 specific sectors and/or sub-sectors from a number of ESG data providers.

The quantitative inputs consist of two components:

  1. an ESG score calculated in Active ESG View which evaluates and scores issuers from an environmental, social and governance perspective, and
  2. a screening of investee companies in respect of their involvement in certain products and services, and certain controversies and violations of norms and standards. This screening, directly or indirectly, maps to some of the adverse sustainability indicators set out in Table 1 of Annex I of the Level 2 Measures.

L&G sets minimum thresholds for both of these components in Active ESG View. These are then supplemented by L&G’s qualitative assessment of the sustainability risks and opportunities relating to the relevant issuer. This qualitative assessment is performed by the Global Research and Engagement Groups (“GREGs”) which bring together representatives from L&G’s investment and investment stewardship teams across regions and asset classes. Where issuers fail to meet either of the components of the quantitative assessment, and the GREGs have reviewed and agreed with the assessment through qualitative analysis, L&G will seek to limit the Fund’s aggregate exposure to such issuers relative to their weights in the Benchmark Index.

The sustainability indicator that will be used in relation to the attainment of the environmental and social characteristics relating to this process will measure the aggregate overweight exposure to issuers that are not aligned with L&G’s requirements for ESG factor evaluation compared to such issuers' weight in the Benchmark Index.

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.

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See also: L&G ESG Memberships & Collaborations.docx

 

SDR Labelling:

Not eligible to use label (out of scope)

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Fund Name SRI Style SDR Labelling Product Region Asset Type Launch Date Last Amended

L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF

Environmental Style Not eligible to use label (out of scope) ETF Global Passive Equity 02/07/2019 Aug 2025

Objectives

The L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF (the "Fund") is a passively managed exchange traded fund ("ETF") that aims to track the performance of the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR (the "Index").

The Fund has a sustainable investment objective as it invests in companies which (i) contribute to environmental objectives, (ii) do not significantly harm any environmental or social objectives, and (iii) follow good governance practices.

 

Fund/Portfolio Size: £408.20m

(as at: 23/06/2025)

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: IE00BK5BC891

Contact Us: fundsales@lgim.com

Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Overview

The L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF (the "ETF") aims to track the performance of the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR (the “Index”).

The L&G Clean Water ETF forms part of L&G’s thematic exchange traded fund (ETF) range and seeks to offer investors exposure to a diverse basket of stocks integral to the world’s management of its water.

We believe the unrivalled expertise of Global Water Intelligence, a provider of cutting-edge business information and research on the water industry, ensures that the underlying index, the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR, is able to capture the entire value chain of the clean water and water technology theme.

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by tracking the performance of the underlying index.

Primary fund last amended: Aug 2025

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Fund Filters

Sustainability - General
Sustainability policy

Has policies that consider (environmental and social) sustainability issues. Strategies vary but are likely to consider environmental issues like climate change, carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, resource management, environmental impacts; and social issues like equal opportunities, human rights, labour standards, diversity and adherence to internationally recognised codes. See individual entry information.

Sustainability focus

Has a significant focus on sustainability issues

UN Global Compact linked exclusion policy

Use the UN Global Compact to inform or help direct where they can or cannot invest. Will typically not invest in companies with significant breaches (low standards) - strategies vary. (The UNGC covers a wide range of issues - search 'UNGC'). See https://unglobalcompact.org/

Environmental - General
Limits exposure to carbon intensive industries

Options that limit or 'reduce' their exposure to carbon intensive industries (ie sectors which are major contributors to climate change). Strategies vary.

Resource efficiency policy or theme

Has a policy or theme that relates to managing natural resources more efficiently. Strategies vary. See individual entry information.

Favours cleaner, greener companies

Aims to invest in companies with strong or market leading environmental policies and practices. Strategies vary. See individual entry information for more detail.

Nature & Biodiversity
Nature / biodiversity based solutions theme

A significant focus on investments that aim to protect, improve and / or restore natural habitat.

Climate Change & Energy
Coal, oil & / or gas majors excluded

Avoid investment in major coal, oil and/or gas (extraction) companies. Strategies vary.

Fracking and tar sands excluded

Avoid companies involved in fracking and tar sands - which are widely regarded as controversial methods of oil and gas extraction. Strategies vary.

Arctic drilling exclusion

Avoid companies that are involved in extracting oil from the Arctic regions.

Fossil fuel reserves exclusion

Avoid investing in companies / assets with coal, oil and gas reserves. See individual entry information for further details.

Fossil fuel exploration exclusion - direct involvement

Excludes companies and other assets with direct involvement in fossil fuel exploration (eg coal, oil and gas companies)

Fossil fuel exploration exclusion – indirect involvement

Excludes companies / assets with indirect involvement in fossil fuel exploration. This may relate to providers of finance and / or insurance and providers of other services.

Paris aligned strategy

Aims to ensure holdings will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with targets set at COP21 in Paris. The core aim is to help achieve ‘net zero emissions by 2050’ and a ‘maximum global temperature increase of +1.5 to +2 degrees above preindustrial levels’. Strategies and opinions vary.

Ethical Values Led Exclusions
Tobacco and related product manufacturers excluded

Companies are excluded if they are involved in any aspect of the production chain for tobacco products, including cigarettes, vaping, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars.

Tobacco and related products - avoid where revenue > 5%

Companies are excluded if they make more than 5% of their revenue from the manufacture, sale or distribution of tobacco products including cigarettes, vaping, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars.

Controversial weapons exclusion

Excludes companies which make controversial weapons such as landmines, cluster munitions and chemical weapons.

Armaments manufacturers avoided

Avoids companies that manufacture weapons intended specifically for military use. Strategies vary - may or may not included non-strategic military products.

Military involvement exclusion

Avoids companies with military contracts. This may include medical supplies, food, safety equipment, housing, technology etc

Alcohol production excluded

Avoids companies that produce alcohol. Strategies vary; some may allow a small proportion of revenue to come from this area.

Gambling avoidance policy

Avoids companies with significant involvement in the gambling industry. Some may allow a small proportion of revenues to come from this area.

Pornography avoidance policy

Find funds that avoid companies that derive significant income from pornography and related areas. Strategies vary.

Human Rights
Human rights policy

Has policies relating to human rights issues. Typically require companies to demonstrate higher standards, although some managers work to encourage improvements. Investee companies are often judged against internationally agreed norms or standards. Strategies vary.

Child labour exclusion

Has policies to avoid companies that employ children.

Responsible supply chain policy or theme

Has policies or a theme that relates to the responsible management of supply chains. These may relate to employment issues, notably people employed by their suppliers, as well as the sourcing of materials and products.

Indigenous peoples’ policy

Has a policy which sets out the position on the treatment of indigenous people by investee assets/companies - typically meaning they won't invest in companies with low standards.

Modern slavery exclusion policy

Has a policy which excludes assets with involvement in Modern Slavery

Meeting Peoples' Basic Needs
Water / sanitation policy or theme

Have policies or themes that set out the position on investment in the water sector and/or sanitation. Strategies vary.

Governance & Management
Governance policy

Has policies that relate to corporate governance issues such as board structure, executive remuneration, bribery and/or corporate corruption. These funds will typically avoid companies with poor practices. Strategies vary.

Avoids companies with poor governance

Avoids investing in companies with poor governance practices.(e.g. board structure, management practices etc.) Views may however vary on what counts as 'poor' practices - and funds may not immediately divest as they may prefer to work to encourage higher standards.

UN sanctions exclusion

Exclude companies that are subject to United Nations sanctions. See eg https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/un-sc-consolidated-list

Anti-bribery and corruption policy

Has policies explaining how managers will respond to assets / companies that do not comply with relevant anti-bribery and anti-corruption standards or laws. Strategies vary; options include stewardship/ engagement and divestment - or a combination.

Product /Service Governance
ESG integration strategy

Find funds that factor in 'environmental, social and governance' issues as part of their investment decision making process. A focus on 'ESG' typically means a fund is carrying out additional research to help reduce ESG related risks. It does not necessarily mean a focus on sustainability. Strategies vary. See fund literature.

Asset Size
Over 50% large cap companies

Invests more than half of their money into what are commonly regarded as 'large companies'. This will typically mean that the market capitalisation (or value) of the companies they hold is in excess of £5 to £10 billion.

Invests in small, mid and large cap companies / assets

Invests in a combination of small, medium and larger (potentially multinational) companies.

Targeted Positive Investments
Invests >25% in environmental/social solutions companies

Invests >25% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Invests >50% of fund in environmental/social solutions companies

Invests >50% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Impact Methodologies
Positive environmental impact theme

Specifically sets out to help deliver positive environmental impacts, benefits or 'real world' outcomes.

How The Fund/Portfolio Works
Single resource theme or focus

Has a single resource themed focus in their investment strategy on a single natural 'resource' eg water.

Data led strategy

Makes stock selection (and ongoing management) decisions based on ESG data or company ratings (normally supplied by third parties) rather than focusing on what individual companies do, how they operate or their plans for the future

Passive / index driven strategy

Only uses an investment index to direct where they can invest. Fund strategies and indices vary.

Significant harm exclusion

Aims to avoid companies that do significant harm. This originates from the EU’s sustainable finance ‘DNSH’ (do no significant harm) work, which is not necessarily used by UK investors.

Combines norms based exclusions with other SRI criteria

Investment selection process uses internationally agreed 'norms' (e.g. United Nations Global Compact - UNGC - or the UN Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs) alongside additional SRI criteria such as positive or negative stock selection policies and/or stewardship strategies.

Combines ESG strategy with other SRI criteria

Invests in assets which have an ESG strategy (which is typically focused on avoiding companies that pose environmental, social or governance related risks) together with additional criteria such as positive and/or negative screens, themes and stewardship strategies.

SRI / ESG / Ethical policies explained on website

Publish explanations of their ethical, social and/or environmental policies online (i.e. investment decision making strategies/ buy/sell &/or asset management strategies).

Do not use stock / securities lending

Does not use stock lending for performance or risk purposes.

Unscreened Assets & Cash
All assets (except cash) meet published sustainability criteria

All assets - except cash - meet the sustainability criteria published in strategy documentation.

Intended Clients & Product Options
Intended for investors interested in sustainability

Finds funds designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in sustainability issues.

Labels & Accreditations
SFDR Article 9 fund / product (EU)

Finds funds classified under Article 9 of the EU’s SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Requirements). Article 9 of the SFDR applies to financial products that have sustainable investment 'objectives' - including emissions reduction objectives. (These may currently be referred to as 'impact' funds or aiming to deliver clear, specific positive outcomes.) These rules do not currently apply in the UK so fund managers may leave this field blank.

Fund Management Company Information

About The Business
Responsible ownership / stewardship policy or strategy (AFM company wide)

Finds fund management companies that have a published company wide stewardship, engagement and / or responsible ownership policy or strategy that covers all investments. Stewardship typically involves encouraging higher ESG standards through voting and dialogue.

ESG / SRI engagement (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that actively encourage higher 'environmental, social and governance' and/or 'sustainable and responsible investment' practices across investee companies - typically where the aim is to encourage positive change that is aligned with the best interests of investors. Strategies vary. See additional information and options.

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)

Find fund managers that consider responsible ownership and ESG to be a key differentiator for their business.

Sustainable property strategy (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that take sustainability criteria into account when selecting and/or managing all of their property / real estate investments.

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)

Find funds run by fund managers that apply Responsible ownership or 'Stewardship' policies to all or most of their investment assets. This means active involvement (e.g. voting, dialogue) with the companies they invest in across funds (not normally limited to ethical or SRI options.) Read fund literature for further information.

Integrates ESG factors into all / most (AFM) fund research

Find fund management companies that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when deciding whether or not to invest in a company for all / almost all of their funds and other assets. This is increasingly seen as part of sound risk management.

In-house diversity improvement programme (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund managers that have an in-house (company wide) diversity improvement programme - meaning that they are working to ensure that within their own businesses they employ people from diverse backgrounds - often typically focused on ethnicity and/or sex.

Diversity, equality & inclusion engagement policy (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that encourage the companies they invest in to have strong diversity, race, gender and other equality policies across all assets held, not simply screened or themed SRI/ESG funds. (ie Asset Management company wide).

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

Find fund management companies that have signed up to the UN backed 'Principles of Responsible Investment'.

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

Find fund management companies that employ people to steer and support fund managers in voting shares at company AGM's and EGMs in ways that are consistent with encouraging higher ESG/sustainability standards.

Employ specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability researchers

Find a fund management company that directly employs specialist ESG/SRI/sustainability researchers or analysts. This allows asset managers to discuss environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities directly with companies.

Use specialist ESG / SRI / sustainability research companies

Find fund management companies that makes use of expert external research companies. This can help deliver specialist expertise and means resources are pooled with other investors.

ESG specialists on all investment desks (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund managers that have one or more ESG/sustainability experts on all investment teams or 'desks' (all asset types)

Accreditations
UK Stewardship Code signatory (AFM company wide)

Find fund managers that are signatories to the FRC UK Stewardship Code, which sets out a framework for constructive investor / investee relations where fund managers are encouraged to behave like responsible, typically longer term 'company owners'.

Engagement Approach
Regularly lead collaborative ESG initiatives (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that regularly initiate or run industry wide (collaborative) investor projects aimed at raising environmental, social and governance standards amongst investee companies.

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)

Find fund management companies (not funds) that avoid investment in 'controversial weapons' across all of their funds and other investment vehicles.

Review(ing) carbon / fossil fuel exposure for all funds (AFM company wide)

Find funds / fund managers that are reviewing, or have reviewed, their exposure to carbon intensive industries including (but not only) mining, oil and gas companies. (Typically with reference to climate change.)

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)

Find fund management companies that are working with the companies they invest in to encourage reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon transition plan published (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund managers that have a company wide carbon transition plan - meaning that they have plotted a path to how they will move away from activities that produce or use carbon based energy sources (that emit greenhouse gases) towards clean, alternative, renewable energy sources.

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)

Find fund management companies that are working to reduce their own (fund management company) carbon/greenhouse gas emissions.

Working towards a ‘Net Zero’ commitment (AFM company wide)

Finds organisations / fund management companies that are in the process of working out how to make a ‘net zero commitment’ - meaning that when that is finalised they will have started the process of reducing their total greenhouse gas emissions to'zero'.

Committed to SBTi / Science Based Targets Initiative

See https://sciencebasedtargets.org/

Transparency
Publish responsible ownership / stewardship report (AFM company wide)

Find fund management companies that publish a report detailing their responsible investment ownership - also known as 'Stewardship' - activity.

Full SRI / responsible ownership policy information on company website

Find companies that publish information about their sustainable and responsible investment strategies on their company website.

Full SRI / responsible ownership policy information available on request

Find fund management companies that will supply information about their sustainable and responsible investment activity on request.

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 L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF (the "ETF") aims to track the performance of the Solactive Clean Water Index NTR (the “Index”).

The Fund has a sustainable investment objective as it invests in companies which (i) contribute to environmental objectives, (ii) do not significantly harm any environmental or social objectives, and (iii) follow good governance practices. Further information can be found in the Fund Supplement.

The Fund follows the following sustainability-related investment strategy by tracking the Index that applies:

Clean Water Theme:

The Index is comprised of companies that are actively engaged in the international clean water industry through the provision of technological, digital, engineering, utility and/or other services. In order to ensure that the Index is comprised of companies which are actively engaged in the global clean water industry and which seek to contribute to the purification and treatment of water, thereby helping to reduce pollution and waste of water, minimise emission of chemicals, reduce the percentage of untreated wastewater and promote sustainable management of water resources and ecosystems and sanitisation, the Index Provider considers the following list of environmental factors when selecting Index constituents: Companies engaged in the international water sector, as provided by an independent third party data provider, are eligible for inclusion into the Index. The Index includes companies that (a) have expertise in providing certain services in areas such as, but not limited to, “technology”, “digital”, “utility”, and/or “engineering” for the global clean water industry (“Water Related Services”); and (b) derive a certain proportion of revenue from the provision of Water Related Services.

Solactive ESG Exclusions:
The Index excludes companies which:

  • are non-compliant with the UN Global Compact,
  • are associated with a controversy (i.e. companies that have been involved in events that have a severe impact on the environment and society, posing serious business risks to the company),
  • are involved in the production or retail of tobacco, or are a related product/service,
  • are involved in military contracting weapons or related products,
  • are directly involved or indirectly involved through corporate ownership, in controversial weapons,
  • are involved in the retail or distribution of small arms to civilians (assault and non-assault weapons) and military/law enforcement customers, as well as key components of small arms,
  • are involved in thermal coal extraction, power generation or supporting products/services,
  • are involved in the generation, production of conventional oil and gas, or supporting products/services,
  • are involved in oil sands extraction, arctic oil & gas exploration/extraction or shale energy extraction,
  • are involved in the production, retail or related services/products of alcohol,
  • are involved in the operations, specialized equipment or supporting products/services of gambling, and
  • are involved in the production or distribution of adult entertainment.

Such exclusions and the definition of “involvement” are determined by the Index provider by reference to the “ESG Exclusions Index" which is found at: https://solactive.com/downloads/Guideline-Solactive-ESG-Exclusions-Index.pdf

 Paris Aligned Benchmark ESG Exclusions:

The Index will exclude companies based on the exclusions for EU Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PAB). The exclusions for PAB are the following:

  • Companies involved in any activities related to controversial weapons;
  • Companies involved in the cultivation and production of tobacco
  • Companies in violation of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) principles or the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;
  • Companies that derive 1 % or more of their revenues from exploration, mining, extraction, distribution or refining of hard coal and lignite;
  • Companies that derive 10 % or more of their revenues from the exploration, extraction, distribution or refining of oil fuels;
  • Companies that derive 50 % or more of their revenues from the exploration, extraction, manufacturing or distribution of gaseous fuels;
  • Companies that derive 50 % or more of their revenues from electricity generation with a GHG intensity of more than 100 g CO2 e/kWh.

Additionally, the Fund considers principal adverse impacts on sustainability factors and L&G has identified a subset of the adverse sustainability indicators that are relevant to the Fund’s investments. The Fund considers principal adverse impacts, identified using the below listed sustainability indicators, through the implementation of the Fund’s ESG investment strategy.

  • PAI 4: Exposure to fossil fuel companies
  • PAI 5: Share of non-renewable energy
  • PAI 10: Companies violating UNGC/OECD
  • PAI 14: Controversial weapons

Process:

L&G has developed a proprietary research tool called Active ESG View which brings together granular quantitative and qualitative ESG inputs. Active ESG View primarily uses third-party data from multiple different vendors which includes hundreds of ESG metrics (including data on carbon emissions, water and waste, environmental policies and controls, labour, health and safety, bribery and corruption) spanning 64 specific sectors and/or sub-sectors from a number of ESG data providers.

The quantitative inputs consist of two components:

  1. an ESG score calculated in Active ESG View which evaluates and scores issuers from an environmental, social and governance perspective, and
  2. a screening of investee companies in respect of their involvement in certain products and services, and certain controversies and violations of norms and standards. This screening, directly or indirectly, maps to some of the adverse sustainability indicators set out in Table 1 of Annex I of the Level 2 Measures.

L&G sets minimum thresholds for both of these components in Active ESG View. These are then supplemented by L&G’s qualitative assessment of the sustainability risks and opportunities relating to the relevant issuer. This qualitative assessment is performed by the Global Research and Engagement Groups (“GREGs”) which bring together representatives from L&G’s investment and investment stewardship teams across regions and asset classes. Where issuers fail to meet either of the components of the quantitative assessment, and the GREGs have reviewed and agreed with the assessment through qualitative analysis, L&G will seek to limit the Fund’s aggregate exposure to such issuers relative to their weights in the Benchmark Index.

The sustainability indicator that will be used in relation to the attainment of the environmental and social characteristics relating to this process will measure the aggregate overweight exposure to issuers that are not aligned with L&G’s requirements for ESG factor evaluation compared to such issuers' weight in the Benchmark Index.

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.

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See also: L&G ESG Memberships & Collaborations.docx

 

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:

Not eligible to use label (out of scope)

Disclaimer

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