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A Case For: Climate Transition Corporate Bond Beta Investing Approach

Key Features of a Climate Transition Corporate Bond Beta Approach:

  • Designed for investors interested in managing the risks and opportunities related to climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy. 
  • Constructs a portfolio (relative to the index) that aims to lower current and future emissions while maximizing investment in green bonds.
  • Uses two types of forward-looking metrics: implied temperature rise (ITR) and carbon risk rating (CRR).
  •  Screens out companies that do not meet international norms in relation to environmental protection, human rights, labor standards, anti-corruption, controversial weapons, and tobacco.
  • Benefits from state-of-the-art indexing portfolio management model, which balances diversification, turnover, and tracking error objectives. 
  • Seeks to deliver a highly diversified portfolio with close tracking to a standard benchmark.

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