L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund
SRI Style:
Environmental Style
SDR Labelling:
Not eligible to use label
Product:
SICAV/Offshore
Fund Region:
Global
Fund Asset Type:
Fixed Interest
Launch Date:
10/05/2022
Last Amended:
Aug 2025
Dialshifter (
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Fund/Portfolio Size:
£25.71m
(as at: 31/03/2025)
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:
LU2463931928, LU2463932066, LU2446280443, LU2446280526
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Objectives:
The objective of the Fund is to provide long term return consisting of a combination of capital growth and income.
The Fund aims to deliver this whilst investing in line with the Investment Manager’s Net Zero Framework.
The Fund is actively managed and seeks to achieve this objective by investing in a broad range of bonds and bond-related instruments of which at least 80% will be denominated in USD, Euro and GBP.
Sustainable, Responsible
&/or ESG Overview:
The Fund seeks to implement L&G’s Responsible Investment Framework which aims to provide a consistent and systematic approach to exclusions, refined criteria and thresholds for setting environmental and social characteristics with a defined terminology and approach to support the implementation of such characteristics across the financial products managed by L&G.
The Responsible Investment Framework sets out the various types of investment strategies that L&G’s financial products can follow and the responsible investing methodologies that explain how such investment strategies are defined and implemented.
Primary fund last amended:
Aug 2025
Information directly from fund manager.
Fund Filters
Sustainability - General
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.
Has a significant focus on sustainability issues
Aim to encourage higher sustainability standards through responsible ownership / stewardship / engagement / voting activity
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/
Aim to invest (and manage assets) in ways that help to address all or some of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). See https://sdgs.un.org/goals).
Publicly report performance against named sustainability objectives
Environmental - General
Has policies which relate to environmental issues. These will typically set out their stance on issues such as pollution, climate change, resource management, biodiversity loss, carbon emissions, plastics and/or additional environmental impacts. Strategies vary.
Options that limit or 'reduce' their exposure to carbon intensive industries (ie sectors which are major contributors to climate change). Strategies vary.
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
Has a written biodiversity policy or theme typically aimed at supporting, encouraging and improving environmental protection and safeguarding the natural world (sometimes referred to as 'natural capital'). See eg https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/biodiversity
Climate Change & Energy
Has policies (documented strategies that explain their position) on climate change related issues such as greenhouse gas/carbon emissions, net zero, transitioning to lower carbon. Strategies vary.
Avoid investment in major coal, oil and/or gas (extraction) companies. Strategies vary.
Avoid companies involved in fracking and tar sands - which are widely regarded as controversial methods of oil and gas extraction. Strategies vary.
Avoid companies that are involved in extracting oil from the Arctic regions.
Encourage the transition to lower carbon activities through asset selection and / or responsible ownership activity.
Ethical Values Led Exclusions
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.
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.
Excludes companies which make controversial weapons such as landmines, cluster munitions and chemical weapons.
Gilts & Sovereigns
Invest in loans issued the government, commonly known as gilts or government bonds. These may or may not be ringfenced for specific projects (see additional options).
Invest in financial instruments issued by governments, but will only hold those that meet certain environmental and or social criteria. This may, for example mean certain assets are excluded in line with eg Freedom House research. Strategies vary.
Banking & Financials
Can include banks as part of their holdings / portfolio.
Invests in financial instruments (cash, derivatives and / or foreign exchange) issued by banks. Strategies vary.
May invest in insurance companies.
Governance & Management
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.
Aim to encourage higher ESG standards through responsible ownership / stewardship / engagement /voting activity
Fund Governance
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.
Environmental, social and governance issues are part of this fund’s reporting of their ‘value’ to clients. AoV reporting is a statutory requirement. Including ESG factors in its calculation is not.
Asset Size
International entities or bodies with agreed remits that are broadly similar to those that may otherwise be undertaken by individual governments eg the UN
Impact Methodologies
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.
Fund aims to deliver positive environmental and or social impacts (real world benefits) through its engagement with investee assets
How The Fund Works
Find funds that focus on finding and investing in companies with positive / beneficial attributes. This strategy can be applied in addition to exclusion criteria and engagement/stewardship activity.
Find funds with few exclusions - typically for example exclude tobacco or companies that breach commonly adopted standards or norms such as the UN Global Compact.
Find funds that invest more heavily in those that have higher ESG ratings/standards or scores and less heavily in companies with lower ESG ratings. Where this is central to a fund's strategy you should expect it to invest in most sectors. Strategies vary.
Find funds that have an ESG strategy (which is typically focused on avoiding companies that pose environmental, social or governance related risks) with additional criteria such as positive and/or negative screens, themes and stewardship strategies.
Find funds that consider both the 'positive' and 'negative' aspects of company behaviour and make balanced, considered decisions as part of their investment approach. May apply to a range of different issues and policy areas.
A major focus of these funds is the careful management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) related risks - typically by avoiding or being underweight in companies seen as posing major risks in these areas (i.e. not necessarily by using themes, exclusions etc).
Find funds that have published explanations of their ethical, social and/or environmental policies online (i.e. fund decision making strategies/ buy/sell &/or asset management strategies).
This fund does not use stock lending for performance or risk purposes.
Intended Clients & Product Options
Finds funds designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in sustainability issues.
Labels & Accreditations
Finds funds classified under Article 8 of the EU’s SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Requirements). Article 8 of the SFDR is a set of requirements that apply to financial products that 'promote' environmental or social characteristics with high governance also. These rules do not currently apply to UK funds so many managers may leave this field blank.
Fund Management Company Information
About The Business
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.
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.
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.)
Find fund managers that consider responsible ownership and ESG to be a key differentiator for their business.
Find fund management companies that take sustainability criteria into account when selecting and/or managing all of their property / real estate investments.
The leadership team of this asset manager have performance targets linked to environmental goals.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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).
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
Find fund management companies that have signed up to the UN backed 'Principles of Responsible Investment'.
A member of the Taskforce for Nature Related Financial Disclosures group which aims to aid risk management and shift money towards nature-positive outcomes.
Fund management entity is a member of the Investment Association https://www.theia.org/
Resources
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.
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.
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.
Finds organisations / fund managers that have one or more ESG/sustainability experts on all investment teams or 'desks' (all asset types)
Accreditations
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
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.
Fund manager has stewardship /responsible ownership strategy that is focused on addressing climate change with investee assets.
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.
Asset manager has stewardship /responsible ownership strategy with involves encouraging investee asset to reduce plastic waste and pollution.
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.
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
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/
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
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)
Asset management company has a stewardship strategy in place which involves working to raise diversity, equality and inclusion standards across investee assets
working with the assets they hold to help stamp out modern slavery - where direct or indirect company employees are exploited for business benefits.
Fund managers have stewardship strategies in place that focus on improving governance standards across investee assets
Escalation policies describe how a manager will proceed if stewardship / engagement activity is not successful in the short term.
Company Wide Exclusions
Find fund management companies (not funds) that avoid investment in 'controversial weapons' across all of their funds and other investment vehicles.
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.)
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
Fund management organisations that have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to ‘net zero’. Strategies vary - this area is changing rapidly.
This asset management company has set a date by which they plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas / CO2e emissions.
Find fund management companies that are working with the companies they invest in to encourage reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.
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.
This asset management company plans to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (CO2e) emissions by reducing their emissions. Calculations and scope vary.
Find fund management companies that are working to reduce their own (fund management company) carbon/greenhouse gas emissions.
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'.
See https://sciencebasedtargets.org/
Transparency
Find fund management companies that publish a report detailing their responsible investment ownership - also known as 'Stewardship' - activity.
Find companies that publish information about their sustainable and responsible investment strategies on their company website.
Find fund management companies that will supply information about their sustainable and responsible investment activity on request.
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.
This asset management company has published a plan that explains how they are going to achieve net zero greenhouse gas / CO2e emissions.
Find fund management companies that have supplied Dialshifter information. See Dialshifter tab within record for more information.
Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Policy:
As outlined, the Fund seeks to implement L&G’s Responsible Investment Framework which aims to provide a consistent and systematic approach to exclusions, refined criteria and thresholds for setting environmental and social characteristics with a defined terminology and approach to support the implementation of such characteristics across the financial products managed by L&G.
The Responsible Investment Framework sets out the various types of investment strategies that L&G’s financial products can follow and the responsible investing methodologies that explain how such investment strategies are defined and implemented.
The Fund applies the following sustainability characteristics:
Net Zero: The Fund utilises L&G’s net zero framework to assess its portfolio’s carbon emissions intensity and temperature alignment profile during portfolio construction. Net zero alignment measures the extent to which issuers in which financial products invest either are, or are not, aligning their businesses to the Paris Agreement goal. The purpose of the Paris Agreement goal is to limit global warming to well below 2°C and as close to 1.5°C as possible above pre-industrial levels by 2100, which means targeting net zero carbon emissions globally by 2050 as the safest way to meet this goal. LGIM uses its proprietary model called LGIM Destination@risk to evaluate and project companies’ carbon emissions intensity into the future and compare them with sector level targets to achieve alignment with the Paris Agreement goals, and to calculate the temperature alignment of financial products accordingly. The Fund seeks to achieve net zero alignment consistent with the Paris Agreement by:
- targeting a weighted average carbon emissions intensity, that is at least 50% lower by 31 December 2030 than the base-line level of the Fund as at 31 December 2019. Weighted average carbon emissions intensity measures the volume of carbon emissions of investee companies and/or countries in relation to the revenue they generate. The Fund will target net zero carbon emissions intensity by 2050.
- targeting an implied temperature alignment score of 1.5°C by 31 December 2030 onwards. At inception the Fund achieved an implied temperature alignment score of 2.75°C or below; and
- excluding investments in issuers which make investments in new thermal coal or oil sands capacity.
A minimum of 80% of the Fund’s investments are on a clear and measurable path to environmental transition, measured through progress against clear targets at the portfolio level for the weighted average carbon emissions intensity and the implied temperature alignment.
SDG Baseline Exclusions: The SDGs were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 which integrate all three aspects of sustainable development - social, economic and environmental - and are a call for action to promote prosperity and fight inequalities while protecting the planet. The Investment Manager uses a proprietary SDG scoring process which assesses the extent to which a company or sovereign issuer has potential to contribute to, or is at risk of detracting from, the SDGs. This scoring process uses a variety of factors to evaluate the degree of alignment to the SDGs by considering, for example, revenue streams above certain thresholds and business practices for companies, and human rights credentials for sovereigns. As part of the assessment process, the Investment Manager may consider only a subset of the SDGs. Using the output of the scoring process, the Investment Manager periodically produces the SDG Baseline Exclusion list. This is a list of companies and sovereigns which do not meet the Investment Manager’s minimum standards based on the SDG assessment process, due to their involvement in activities or business practices that are considered, by the Investment Manager, to risk significantly detracting from one or more of the SDGs. The Fund excludes companies and sovereigns which are on the SDG Baseline Exclusion list.
Fund Exclusions: The Fund will not actively invest in companies on the Future World Protection List (FWPL). This FWPL includes certain companies that Investment Manager considers to be failing to meet minimum standards of globally accepted business practices, such as companies considered as perennial violators of the United Nations Global Compact, certain companies involved in the manufacture and production of controversial weapons, certain companies with involvement in mining and extraction of thermal coal, thermal coal power generation or oil sands which have not set out a clear plan aligned with the Paris Agreement to phase out thermal coal in accordance with specific criteria. The FWPL methodology sets out the Investment Manager’s various assessment criteria, including revenue thresholds.
Climate Impact Pledge: The Fund excludes companies listed on the Climate Impact Pledge divestment list. This list includes companies, which after certain period of engagement, continue to: (i) not perform well against our climate assessment; (ii) are unresponsive to engagement recommendations; and/or; fall behind in meeting our minimum standards. If the tracking deviation limit is exceeded, holdings of companies that are on the Climate Impact Pledge divestment list may be reduced rather than fully divested.
Additional Exclusions: The Fund excludes investments in companies with any involvement in the production of tobacco, and companies that are found in violation of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. In addition to the application of the Future World Protection List, the Fund will further exclude any companies that are in breach of one or more principles of the United Nation Global Compact for any period of time.
ESG Factor Evaluation: LGIM considers ESG factors when making investment decisions on behalf of the Fund which include a number of environmental and social factors, for example relating to:
- climate change
- water and waste
- supply chain
- environmental policies and controls
- labour rights, health and safety
- bribery and corruption.
The evaluation process starts with the identification of ESG factors using both top-down and bottom-up approaches. The top-down research analysis focuses on determining the resiliency of sectors on a macro level, while the bottom-up research process evaluates the ESG credentials of individual companies.
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:
- an ESG score calculated in Active ESG View which evaluates and scores issuers from an environmental, social and governance perspective, and
- 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 LGIM’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 LGIM’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.
See also: L&G ESG Memberships & Collaborations.docx
Dialshifter
This fund is helping to ‘shift the dial from brown to green’ by…
L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund sets ambitious carbon emission intensity and temperature alignment reduction objectives:
- Overall emissions targets: Target net zero by 2050 with a ‘pathway to net zero’ clearly established by 2030
- Decarbonisation mechanism: Manage the portfolio to improve the temperature alignment at the outset and targeting a temperature alignment for the portfolio of 1.5C by 2030 (consistent with establishing a ‘pathway to net zero’ by that date)
- Engagement: Incorporate LGIM’s Climate Impact Pledge into the mandate
SDR Labelling:
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L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund |
Environmental Style | Not eligible to use label | SICAV/Offshore | Global | Fixed Interest | 10/05/2022 | Aug 2025 | |
ObjectivesThe objective of the Fund is to provide long term return consisting of a combination of capital growth and income. The Fund aims to deliver this whilst investing in line with the Investment Manager’s Net Zero Framework. The Fund is actively managed and seeks to achieve this objective by investing in a broad range of bonds and bond-related instruments of which at least 80% will be denominated in USD, Euro and GBP. |
Fund/Portfolio Size: £25.71m (as at: 31/03/2025) 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: LU2463931928, LU2463932066, LU2446280443, LU2446280526 Contact Us: fundsales@lgim.com |
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Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG OverviewThe Fund seeks to implement L&G’s Responsible Investment Framework which aims to provide a consistent and systematic approach to exclusions, refined criteria and thresholds for setting environmental and social characteristics with a defined terminology and approach to support the implementation of such characteristics across the financial products managed by L&G. The Responsible Investment Framework sets out the various types of investment strategies that L&G’s financial products can follow and the responsible investing methodologies that explain how such investment strategies are defined and implemented. |
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Fund FiltersSustainability - 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
Encourage more sustainable practices through stewardship
Aim to encourage higher sustainability standards through responsible ownership / stewardship / engagement / voting activity
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/
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) focus
Aim to invest (and manage assets) in ways that help to address all or some of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). See https://sdgs.un.org/goals).
Report against sustainability objectives
Publicly report performance against named sustainability objectives Environmental - General
Environmental policy
Has policies which relate to environmental issues. These will typically set out their stance on issues such as pollution, climate change, resource management, biodiversity loss, carbon emissions, plastics and/or additional environmental impacts. Strategies vary.
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.
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
Biodiversity / nature policy
Has a written biodiversity policy or theme typically aimed at supporting, encouraging and improving environmental protection and safeguarding the natural world (sometimes referred to as 'natural capital'). See eg https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/biodiversity Climate Change & Energy
Climate change / greenhouse gas emissions policy
Has policies (documented strategies that explain their position) on climate change related issues such as greenhouse gas/carbon emissions, net zero, transitioning to lower carbon. Strategies vary.
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.
Encourage transition to low carbon through stewardship activity
Encourage the transition to lower carbon activities through asset selection and / or responsible ownership activity. 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. Gilts & Sovereigns
Invests in gilts / government bonds
Invest in loans issued the government, commonly known as gilts or government bonds. These may or may not be ringfenced for specific projects (see additional options).
Invests in sovereigns subject to screening criteria
Invest in financial instruments issued by governments, but will only hold those that meet certain environmental and or social criteria. This may, for example mean certain assets are excluded in line with eg Freedom House research. Strategies vary. Banking & Financials
Invests in banks
Can include banks as part of their holdings / portfolio.
Invests in financial instruments issued by banks
Invests in financial instruments (cash, derivatives and / or foreign exchange) issued by banks. Strategies vary.
Invests in insurers
May invest in insurance companies. Governance & Management
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.
Encourage higher ESG standards through stewardship activity
Aim to encourage higher ESG standards through responsible ownership / stewardship / engagement /voting activity Fund 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.
ESG factors included in Assessment of Value (AoV) report
Environmental, social and governance issues are part of this fund’s reporting of their ‘value’ to clients. AoV reporting is a statutory requirement. Including ESG factors in its calculation is not. Asset Size
Invest in supranationals
International entities or bodies with agreed remits that are broadly similar to those that may otherwise be undertaken by individual governments eg the UN Impact Methodologies
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.
Aim to deliver positive impacts through engagement
Fund aims to deliver positive environmental and or social impacts (real world benefits) through its engagement with investee assets How The Fund Works
Positive selection bias
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Limited / few ethical exclusions
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ESG weighted / tilt
Find funds that invest more heavily in those that have higher ESG ratings/standards or scores and less heavily in companies with lower ESG ratings. Where this is central to a fund's strategy you should expect it to invest in most sectors. Strategies vary.
Combines ESG strategy with other SRI criteria
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Balances company 'pros and cons' / best in sector
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Focus on ESG risk mitigation
A major focus of these funds is the careful management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) related risks - typically by avoiding or being underweight in companies seen as posing major risks in these areas (i.e. not necessarily by using themes, exclusions etc).
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
Finds funds designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in sustainability issues. Labels & Accreditations
SFDR Article 8 fund / product (EU)
Finds funds classified under Article 8 of the EU’s SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Requirements). Article 8 of the SFDR is a set of requirements that apply to financial products that 'promote' environmental or social characteristics with high governance also. These rules do not currently apply to UK funds so many managers may leave this field blank. Fund Management Company InformationAbout 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)
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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)
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
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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)
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)
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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)
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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
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:As outlined, the Fund seeks to implement L&G’s Responsible Investment Framework which aims to provide a consistent and systematic approach to exclusions, refined criteria and thresholds for setting environmental and social characteristics with a defined terminology and approach to support the implementation of such characteristics across the financial products managed by L&G. The Responsible Investment Framework sets out the various types of investment strategies that L&G’s financial products can follow and the responsible investing methodologies that explain how such investment strategies are defined and implemented. The Fund applies the following sustainability characteristics: Net Zero: The Fund utilises L&G’s net zero framework to assess its portfolio’s carbon emissions intensity and temperature alignment profile during portfolio construction. Net zero alignment measures the extent to which issuers in which financial products invest either are, or are not, aligning their businesses to the Paris Agreement goal. The purpose of the Paris Agreement goal is to limit global warming to well below 2°C and as close to 1.5°C as possible above pre-industrial levels by 2100, which means targeting net zero carbon emissions globally by 2050 as the safest way to meet this goal. LGIM uses its proprietary model called LGIM Destination@risk to evaluate and project companies’ carbon emissions intensity into the future and compare them with sector level targets to achieve alignment with the Paris Agreement goals, and to calculate the temperature alignment of financial products accordingly. The Fund seeks to achieve net zero alignment consistent with the Paris Agreement by:
A minimum of 80% of the Fund’s investments are on a clear and measurable path to environmental transition, measured through progress against clear targets at the portfolio level for the weighted average carbon emissions intensity and the implied temperature alignment. SDG Baseline Exclusions: The SDGs were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 which integrate all three aspects of sustainable development - social, economic and environmental - and are a call for action to promote prosperity and fight inequalities while protecting the planet. The Investment Manager uses a proprietary SDG scoring process which assesses the extent to which a company or sovereign issuer has potential to contribute to, or is at risk of detracting from, the SDGs. This scoring process uses a variety of factors to evaluate the degree of alignment to the SDGs by considering, for example, revenue streams above certain thresholds and business practices for companies, and human rights credentials for sovereigns. As part of the assessment process, the Investment Manager may consider only a subset of the SDGs. Using the output of the scoring process, the Investment Manager periodically produces the SDG Baseline Exclusion list. This is a list of companies and sovereigns which do not meet the Investment Manager’s minimum standards based on the SDG assessment process, due to their involvement in activities or business practices that are considered, by the Investment Manager, to risk significantly detracting from one or more of the SDGs. The Fund excludes companies and sovereigns which are on the SDG Baseline Exclusion list. Fund Exclusions: The Fund will not actively invest in companies on the Future World Protection List (FWPL). This FWPL includes certain companies that Investment Manager considers to be failing to meet minimum standards of globally accepted business practices, such as companies considered as perennial violators of the United Nations Global Compact, certain companies involved in the manufacture and production of controversial weapons, certain companies with involvement in mining and extraction of thermal coal, thermal coal power generation or oil sands which have not set out a clear plan aligned with the Paris Agreement to phase out thermal coal in accordance with specific criteria. The FWPL methodology sets out the Investment Manager’s various assessment criteria, including revenue thresholds. Climate Impact Pledge: The Fund excludes companies listed on the Climate Impact Pledge divestment list. This list includes companies, which after certain period of engagement, continue to: (i) not perform well against our climate assessment; (ii) are unresponsive to engagement recommendations; and/or; fall behind in meeting our minimum standards. If the tracking deviation limit is exceeded, holdings of companies that are on the Climate Impact Pledge divestment list may be reduced rather than fully divested. Additional Exclusions: The Fund excludes investments in companies with any involvement in the production of tobacco, and companies that are found in violation of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. In addition to the application of the Future World Protection List, the Fund will further exclude any companies that are in breach of one or more principles of the United Nation Global Compact for any period of time. ESG Factor Evaluation: LGIM considers ESG factors when making investment decisions on behalf of the Fund which include a number of environmental and social factors, for example relating to:
The evaluation process starts with the identification of ESG factors using both top-down and bottom-up approaches. The top-down research analysis focuses on determining the resiliency of sectors on a macro level, while the bottom-up research process evaluates the ESG credentials of individual companies. 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:
L&G sets minimum thresholds for both of these components in Active ESG View. These are then supplemented by LGIM’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 LGIM’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
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)This fund is helping to ‘shift the dial from brown to green’ by… L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund sets ambitious carbon emission intensity and temperature alignment reduction objectives:
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 LiteratureFund HoldingsVoting RecordDisclaimerThis communication is not a financial promotion and is intended for Professional Clients, Qualified Investors, companies and pension trustees and should not be relied upon by retail customers, pension scheme members, employees, or any other persons. This document has been prepared by Legal & General Investment Management Limited and/or its affiliates ('L&G', ‘we’ or ‘us’). The information in this document is the property and/or confidential information of L&G and may not be reproduced in whole or in part or distributed or disclosed by you to any other person without the prior written consent of L&G. Not for distribution to any person resident in any jurisdiction where such distribution would be contrary to local law or regulation. No party shall have any right of action against L&G in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this document. The information and views expressed in this document are believed to be accurate and complete as at the date of publication, but they should not be relied upon and may be subject to change without notice. We are under no obligation to update or amend the information in this document. Where this document contains third party data, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or reliability of such data and we accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever in respect of such data. No part of this document should be construed as providing investment advice, and L&G does not accept any liability for any decisions based on this document. Legal and General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited. Registered in England and Wales No. 01006112. Registered Office: One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, No. 202202. LGIM Real Assets (Operator) Limited. Registered in England and Wales, No. 05522016. Registered Office: One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, No. 447041. Please note that while LGIM Real Assets (Operator) Limited is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, it may conduct certain activities that are unregulated. Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited. Registered in England and Wales No. 01009418. Registered Office: One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, No. 119273. Issued by Legal & General Investment Management Ltd in the UK. Registered in England and Wales No. 02091894. Registered office: One Coleman Street, London EC2R 5AA. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. |
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