ESG Overview

Differentiated Solutions

ESG investing helps inform better decision making – that’s why we design our ESG solutions to make those decisions easier for clients. Utilizing industry-leading data providers, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)’s materiality framework and our own investment expertise, our solutions are designed to meet client ESG goals.

Approaches

Exclusionary Screening

We have more than 40 years of indexing experience and deep expertise managing values-based, climate-based and international regulations and norms-based exclusionary investments.

We construct portfolios with a risk management approach based on client objectives, including excluding certain companies, sectors or countries.

Best-In-Class

We invest in companies, sectors and countries selected for superior ESG performance relative to peers.

With new ESG indexes in partnership with Bloomberg and SASB powered by R-Factor, we seek to improve financial outcomes by incorporating ESG data into the research and security-selection processes.

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Thematic

Our suite of thematic products seek to help investors benefit from broad macro-level ESG trends.

By aligning portfolio construction with companies mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change or by employing the highest levels of gender diverse leaders within their sectors, we help investors build more climate-resilient and gender diverse portfolios.

Integration

We view the consideration of financially material ESG issues in the investment process as part of our fiduciary duty to clients. Our investment teams each assess if and how financially material ESG issues are integrated into their decision-making processes.

We are committed to full ESG integration and continue to evolve our investment processes as ESG tools, metrics and corporate standards advance.

Featured Solutions

Sustainable Climate Strategy

This breakthrough strategy offers global equity exposure, while efficiently targeting climate change, controlling current impacts and positioning investments for future climate-related benefits.

Multifactor ESG Strategy

Combining the outperformance potential of smart beta with the risk mitigation benefits of ESG, our Multifactor ESG strategy targets delivery on multiple fronts.

Low-Carbon Corporate Bond Strategy

Fully customizable corporate bond exposure with client-specific carbon-reduction targets. The strategy has been designed to minimize tracking error while maintaining benchmark characteristics.

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Meet Your Targets

We offer an extensive range of solutions to help precision match your ESG investment needs.

Contact Us

For questions or any further information on ESG solutions, please email us at ESG@ssga.com.

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