Formats
Corporate Sustainability
Investment Solutions
Our approach to sustainability
Italy, Institutional
Change
What is stewardship investing?
We define stewardship as how companies balance the interests of all stakeholders — such as customers, employees, communities, supply chains and the environment — in their pursuit of profits and how they incorporate material ESG risks and opportunities in their corporate strategy. We believe stewardship can be assessed by how successfully company boards and managers balance people, the planet and profits when building long-term advantage.
INVEST IN PEOPLE
- Prioritise talent and culture
- Promote diversity, equity and inclusion
- Improve customer satisfaction
- Take accountability for the supply chain
POSITIVELY IMPACT THE PLANET
- Adapt and invest in the energy transition
- Reduce environmental footprint
- Contribute to a circular economy
- Be a vital partner to the local community
BUILD SUSTAINABLE PROFIT
- Allocate capital wisely
- Invest in innovation
- Run the business with a long-term orientation
- Ensure shareholders are compensated over the long-term
Reasons to invest
We believe stewardship is an often-overlooked source of competitive advantage and long-term returns.
Highly selective
We focus on identifying companies that are mitigating and/or adapting to the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.
Virtuous circle
In our view, companies that generate and sustain attractive returns on capital can focus on positive environmental and social outcomes, leading to higher stock prices. We believe higher returns enable these companies to further invest in good corporate stewardship. The process generates a virtuous circle, or flywheel effect, improving the level and sustainability of financial returns and stewardship over time.
Active engagement
We actively engage with the companies we invest in, aiming to hold those in charge to account and to inspire long-term thinking. We also encourage these companies to commit to net-zero carbon emission targets in alignment with the Paris Agreement.
Wellington global stewards fund quarterly sustainability report
We provide a update on our engagement and proxy-voting activity and outcomes, company ESG ratings, and portfolio-level carbon footprint.
People, planet, profit
How to invest
We offer two highly selective equity funds investing in companies we believe display exemplary stewardship with sustained track records of strong financial performance.
GLOBAL STEWARDS FUND
Art.9 (SFDR)
Capital at risk
A highly selective global equity fund investing in companies that we believe display exemplary stewardship with sustained track records of strong financial performance.
EUROPEAN STEWARDS FUND
Art.9 (SFDR)
Capital at risk
A highly selective European equity fund investing in companies that we believe display exemplary stewardship with sustained track records of strong financial performance.
Sustainable finance disclosure regulation (SFDR)
Wellington Management aims to approach the EU’s new regulatory requirement with investment integrity and in a manner consistent with our clients’ expectations.
