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Aegon Asset Management UK manages and/or sub-advises a broad range of strategies within the equities space.
We believe that sustainability analysis is a strong source of investment alpha and use it as a core tool within our fundamental research process. We do not apply thematic filters at the outset of the process, seeking instead to identify sustainability alpha through bottom up fundamental analysis.
Our Global Equities team uncovers stock picking ideas and works collaboratively with our ESG Research team. The ESG Research team is responsible for the sustainability analysis of all of the companies we invest in and assesses each one on three dimensions of sustainability:
Products | The nature of the products and services that a company provides (what a company does) |
Practices | Operational practices and standards (how a company does it). |
Improvement | Whether it has a track record of improvement or has meaningful ambitions to improve. |
Only companies designated as sustainability ‘leaders’ or ‘improvers’ in sustainability are considered for inclusion in the portfolio. Alpha is driven by high weighting to Improvers.
All investments contain risk and may lose value. There is no guarantee that the assessment of a company as a leader improver will continue or that positive results will be obtained from investment in the securities of such companies.
The identification of ‘leaders’, ‘laggards’ and ‘improvers’ is based on Aegon‘s assessment of a company's sustainability of its products and practices. Sustainable product exclusions: Tobacco, Weapons, Nuclear power, Gambling, Animal welfare, Adult entertainment, Genetic modification, Coal, Oil exploration and production.
A portfolio of UK stocks that excludes companies engaged in unethical activities and integrates ESG considerations in bottom up analysis.
The exclusions the managers apply are informed by our engagement with clients to understand their concerns and the experience we have gained during 30 years of managing ethical strategies. Although the fund does not apply any positive screening criteria, it may invest in themes that could be considered socially responsible, like alternative energy or social housing companies, but only when these companies pass the initial exclusion criteria.
We use both external screening databases and in-house research to ensure the companies in our ethical universe are suitable for investment. The following table shows our exclusion criteria:
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Animal welfare |
X Provide animal testing services or manufacture or sell animal-tested cosmetics or pharmaceuticals. X Have any involvement in intensive farming. X Operate abattoirs or slaughterhouse facilities. X Are producers or retailers of meat, poultry, fish or dairy products or slaughterhouse by-products. |
Military |
X Manufacture armaments, nuclear weapons or associated strategic products. |
Nuclear power |
X Own, operate or provide critical services to nuclear facilities. |
Environment |
X Are involved in activities which are commonly held to be environmentally unsound, including manufacturers of PVC, ozone depleting chemicals and hazardous pesticides. X Are in breach of internationally recognised conventions on biodiversity and companies in energy intensive industries which are not tackling the issue of climate change. |
Political donations |
X Have made political donations of more than £25,000 in the past 12 months. |
Genetic engineering |
X Have patented genes. |
Gambling |
X Have investments in betting shops, casinos or amusement arcades accounting for more than 10% of their total business. |
Alcohol |
X Derive more than 10% of their total business through involvement in brewing, distillation or sale of alcoholic drinks. |
Tobacco |
X Derive more than 10% of their business from the growing, processing or sale of tobacco products. |
Pornography |
X Provide adult entertainment services. |
Banks |
X Are corporate or international banks with exposure to large corporate or Third World debt. |
Oppresive regimes |
X Operate in countries with poor human rights records, and which have no established management policies on human rights issues. |
The strategy builds on our heritage in ESG investing by applying the same philosophy and process used in our Global Sustainable Equity Strategy in a UK context. This includes independent sustainability analysis carried out by our Responsible Investment team. The result is a high conviction portfolio of 35 – 45 stocks, with a tilt towards small and mid cap growth companies and a combination of sustainability ‘Leaders’ and ‘Improvers’.
The ESG and sustainable investing activities and processes described herein are not applicable, or not applicable to the same degree, across all affiliates or all strategies.
Responsible investing is qualitative and subjective by nature, and there is no guarantee that the criteria utilized, or judgment exercised, by any company of Aegon Asset Management will reflect the beliefs or values of any one particular investor. Responsible investing norms differ by region. There is no assurance that the responsible investing strategy and techniques employed will be successful. Investors should consult their investment professional prior to making an investment decision.