Sustainable Investing

We reflect what matters most to you.

Our multi-manager open architecture approach is at the core of what we do. As a global investment platform, we offer sustainability expertise and a unique suite of direct investing tools and solutions to build investment portfolios that reflect what matters most to you.

Sustainable investing solutions for you

Our approach enables us to design forward-thinking, sophisticated sustainable solutions that align with what matters most to you and your investment goals.

Sustainability-themed strategies

If you are seeking specific portfolio outcomes, such as decarbonization or impact focused, our team can collaborate with you to implement sustainability-themed investment strategies to pursue your desired objective.

Managing exclusions

If you are seeking to mitigate specific sustainable risk exposures, our team can implement portfolio exclusions designed to minimize unintended exposures while still aligning to top-level investment objectives.

Managing overlays and outcomes

We have a range of tools that can be used to manage portfolio overlays and outcomes (e.g. portfolio tilting to adjust exposure to sustainability outcomes, enhanced portfolio implementation).

How we can support you in meeting your sustainability objectives

We understand the challenges you face and can offer a range of tools and asset exposures to help you meet your long-term sustainability goals. Our sustainability toolkit includes:

Advice

We can provide support to help you define and achieve your sustainability goals.

Our tailored advisory services can help address your sustainability needs, from education to policy setting.

Solutions

We have developed a range of solutions to address the diverse risk, return and sustainability objectives of our global clients.

Portfolio management

We understand the challenges you face and can offer a sophisticated range of tools and asset exposures to help you meet your long-term sustainability goals.

Active ownership

We see active ownership as an important component of our investment responsibilities.

Proxy voting, engagement and industry collaborations are a core part of our sustainability offering.

Manager research

We can guide you in selecting the solutions that best meet your objectives. With expertise in researching and evaluating money managers, our researchers are dedicated to identifying the best-in-class manager products/solutions across the whole sustainability spectrum.

Tools & analytics

We have invested in and developed tools and analytics to provide transparent reports, allowing you to track your performance against sustainable investing goals and stay on top of regulatory requirements.

Our collaborations

We collaborate with organizations that establish and drive sustainable investment practices.

List of companies we collaborate with

2009

Became a UN PRI signatory1

★★★★★

Policy Governance and Strategy module of the PRI annual assessment2

98,267

Proxy votes made at 9,747 meetings in 20233


Russell Investments is recognized again by RIAA as a Responsible Investment Leader 2024.

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1 PRI 2020 Assessment Report.
2 Based on Russell Investments PRI 2023 assessment.
3 Glass Lewis.

Sustainable investing policies

Climate change policy

Russell Investments' policy is to research, measure, report and consider climate change risk and opportunities as integral parts of our investing practice, our active ownership, and our business operations. Our measures, reported metrics, and consideration of climate risk and opportunities are integrated into our sub-advisor research and selection, portfolio management, advice, proxy voting and shareholder engagement, and day-to-day business.

Sustainability risk policy

Russell Investments' policy is to integrate sustainability risk management in our investment solutions by identifying, evaluating, and managing relevant risks in our investment manager review process, portfolio management, and through implementing proprietary solutions. We believe sustainability risks are most relevant to investment outcomes when they exhibit financial materiality, and, like all investment risks, are incorporated by balancing expected risk with expected reward.

In managing investment solutions, we consider financially-material sustainability risks in the context of expected rewards using a blend of inputs from sources including, but not limited to, investment managers, third-party data sources, and Russell Investments propriety analysis. Furthermore, we incorporate bespoke sustainability risk management based on clients' requirements for customized mandates. We also seek to collaborate with our advisory clients to consider, monitor, and manage sustainability risk priorities in their portfolios.

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