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Quilter Investors Ethical Equity Fund

Investing in sustainable solutions

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Investment Themes

Our team of experts have carefully selected five positive themes that sit at the heart of our stock selection process. We exclusively invest in companies that offer solutions to ongoing challenges within the following sectors:

Clean Energy

  • Renewable Energy
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Public Transport
  • Efficient Heating
  • Cooling

The Funds exclude companies that generate revenue from controversial sectors within the economy.

Food

  • Agriculture Supplies
  • Food Packaging
  • Food Testing & Safety

The Funds exclude companies that generate revenue from controversial sectors within the economy.

Health

  • Vaccines, Diagnostics
  • Medical Technology
  • Healthcare Equipment

The Funds exclude companies that generate revenue from controversial sectors within the economy.

Resource Efficiency

  • Recycling & Waste
  • Safety & Protection
  • Lighter Materials
  • Waste to Energy

The Funds exclude companies that generate revenue from controversial sectors within the economy.

Water

  • Water Technology & Infrastructure
  • Desalination
  • Efficient Pumps
  • Smart Metering

The Funds exclude companies that generate revenue from controversial sectors within the economy.

Robust investment process

Quilter Cheviot’s team of sustainable investment specialists actively invest across asset classes according to economic and market conditions.

This multi-asset investment approach helps to reduce the volatility of returns over the longer term without compromising the income that is generated.

1. Asset Allocation

The Funds reflect Quilter Cheviot’s house views on asset class allocation according to either a balanced or growth risk profile.

2. Regional Allocation

The Sustainable Investment team draw on:

  • In-house research by dedicated analysts
  • Management meetings
  • Broker research

3. ESG factor integration

24 in-house analysts providing best-of-breed recommendations with integrated ESG factor analysis.

4. Sustainability analysis

The Sustainable Investment team overlay the positive and negative criteria.

5. Climate Assets Investable Universe

Stock selection and investment timing is driven by valuation metrics.

6. Climate Assets Stock Selection

Oversight of the Funds’ strategy is provided by the Quilter Cheviot Chief Investment Strategist.

 

Portfolio construction

Negative criteria

We use independent research and analysis to ensure our exclusion criteria are applied fairly and consistently. A considered approach is taken for applying each exclusion, incorporating strategic revenue and materiality assessments where appropriate.

Adult content

Alcohol

Environment

Factory farming

Fossil fuels

Gambling

Human rights

Military

Nuclear

Tobacco

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

An important component of our sustainable investment process is the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. These goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. We see the framework as an invaluable tool for assessing the sustainability characteristics a company may have which are aligned to these goals, and we have integrated consideration of the goals across our investment process, from stock selection to reporting.

Investments within Climate Assets Balanced collectively make a positive contribution to most of the SDGs. This includes a material contribution to certain SDGs and a less significant contribution to others.

Portfolio revenue alignment to UN SDGs

 

Climate Assets Balanced Fund

79% of the revenue generated by companies held within Climate Assets Balanced is aligned to an SDG. To better illustrate the sustainability characteristics of the companies we hold, we have detailed our top holdings, the investment theme within which they fit, and their SDG alignment.

Read more in our guide

Climate Assets Growth Fund

74% of the revenue generated by companies held within Climate Assets Growth is aligned to an SDG. To better illustrate the sustainability characteristics of the companies we hold, we have detailed our top holdings, the investment theme within which they fit, and their SDG alignment.

Read more in our guide