Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Policy:

Investment Objective
The Fund aims to provide long term growth by investing in companies listed globally that aim to create positive measurable environmental and/ or social impacts. The Fund aims to outperform MSCI AC World Index (USD) benchmark before charges.

Investment Policy

• The Fund invests at least 90% in equities and equity-related securities of companies that are listed on global stock exchanges including Emerging Markets.
• The Fund may invest up to 10% in Mainland China through the Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme.
• All equity and equity related securities will follow the abrdn Global Impact Equity Investment Approach (the "Investment Approach") which is  published at www.abrdn.com under "Fund Centre". This leverages the UN's Agenda for Sustainable Development to identify the most pressing global issues and target positive impact. By assessing companies' intentionality to deliver positive outcomes for the environment and society, the approach identifies companies with products or services that align to abrdn's impact pillars which include sustainable energy, circular economy, amongst others.
• At least 30% of company investment (e.g. research and development, capital expenditure) must be directed towards a product or service aligned with an impact pillar.
• The Fund may invest up to 10% in companies that enable progress aligned to a pillar, but too far down the supply chain to directly attribute their impact.
• abrdn apply a set of company exclusions which are related to normative screening, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), State Owned Enterprises (SOE), Weapons, Tobacco, Gambling, Alcohol, Thermal Coal, Oil & Gas, and Electricity Generation.
• The Investment Approach reduces the Fund's investment universe by a minimum of 25%.
• Financial derivative instruments, money-market instruments and cash may not adhere to this approach.
• The Fund is actively managed, with a concentrated portfolio and will not be restricted by index weightings, sector constraints, or company size.
• Progress against each pillar is measured using key performance indicators (KPIs), that mirror the SDG's KPIs linking the company's ability to affect positive change in the context of these overarching global challenges.
• Through the application of the Investment Approach, the Fund commits to having a minimum of 80% in Sustainable Investments. Furthermore, the Fund targets a lower carbon intensity, and greater board diversity, than the benchmark.
• Engagement with external company management teams is used to evaluate the ownership structures, governance and management quality of those companies in order to inform portfolio construction.
• The benchmark is also used as a reference point for portfolio construction and as a basis for setting risk constraints, but does not incorporate any sustainable criteria.
• In order to achieve its objective, the Fund will take positions whose weightings diverge from the benchmark and may invest in securities which are not included in the benchmark. The investments of the Fund may deviate significantly from the components of and their respective weightings in the benchmark.
• Due to the active and sustainable nature of the management process, the Fund's performance profile may deviate significantly from that of the benchmark.
• This fund is subject to Article 9 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”)

(Source: KIID, as at December 2025) 

SDR Labelling:

Not eligible to use label (out of scope)