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Investing in Smart Beta ESG ETFs

Dividend Aristocrats ESG funds combine sustainability criteria with stable dividends to create the next generation of income investment. Investors can now access both quality income and an ESG overlay on Global, US and European exposures.

Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend investing requires more than just yield—quality matters, too.

The SPDR Dividend Aristocrats ETFs source quality yield by focusing on companies with a long, consistent history of paying dividends. Additional filters, such as maximum payout ratio, help to further ensure that the companies in the Dividend Aristocrats are of the highest order.

Smart Beta ESG ETFs

ESG screens

The four pillars of stock selection

Exclusions Based on ESG Score

Companies with an S&P DJI ESG score that falls within the worst 25% of S&P DJI ESG scores are excluded from the ESG index.

Exclusions Based on Business Activities

Companies that engage in specific activities with respect to Controversial Weapons, Thermal Coal and Tobacco Products, as determined by Sustainalytics, are excluded from the ESG index.

Exclusions Based on Business Principles

Companies with disqualifying (bottom 5%) United Nations Global Compact (“UNGC”) scores, as determined by Arabesque, are excluded from the ESG index.

Exclusions Based on Controversies

Companies flagged as being involved in an ongoing controversy, as determined by the Index Committee using SAM’s Media and Stakeholder Analysis (“MSA”), are excluded from the ESG index.

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A Smart Beta strategy does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified cap-weighted index and as such may underperform such an index. The factors to which a Smart Beta strategy seeks to deliver exposure may themselves undergo cyclical performance. As such, a Smart Beta strategy may underperform the market or other Smart Beta strategies exposed to similar or other targeted factors. In fact, we believe that factor premia accrue over the long term (5-10 years), and investors must keep that long time horizon in mind when investing.

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