ESG Clarity can now reveal the funds that have made the shortlist for the inaugural ESG Clarity Asia Awards.
The shortlists for the pre-defined categories have been formed using ESG data exclusively supplied to ESG Clarity by MSCI ESG Research.
For funds to be eligible, the following criteria had to be met:
- Funds must have 12 months of performance history as of the end of March 2022.
- Funds must fall into standard universe coverage for MSCI ESG fund ratings, whereby at least 65% of the fund’s gross weight must come from covered securities.
More information on the MSCI fund ESG ratings methodology is available here.
The shortlists have been formed as below:
Regional ESG Equity-Active
State Street Pacific Ex-Japan ESG Screened Index Equity Fund |
United Sustainable Asia Top-50 Fund |
Schroder International Selection Fund Sustainable Asian Equity |
Mirae Asset Global Discovery Fund – Sustainable Asia Pacific Equity Fund |
abrdn Select Portfolio-abrdn All China Sustainable Equity Fund |
Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Asian Sustainable Development Equity Fund |
Regional ESG Equity-Passive
UBS (Lux) Fund Solutions – MSCI Pacific Socially Responsible UCITS ETF |
Haitong MSCI China A ESG ETF |
Principal S&P Ethical Asia Pacific Dividend ETF |
Harvest CSI 300 ESG Leaders Index ETF |
UBS (Lux) Fund Solutions – MSCI China ESG Universal UCITS ETF |
Lyxor MSCI China ESG Leaders Extra (DR) UCITS ETF |
Regional ESG Equity-Passive
DWS Invest ESG Equity Income |
UBS (Lux) Equity SICAV – Global Income Sustainable (USD) |
RAM (Lux) Systematic Funds – Global Sustainable Income Equities |
Stewart Investors Worldwide Leaders Sustainability Fund |
Pictet-Quest Global Sustainable Equities |
Schroder International Selection Fund Global Sustainable Growth |
BlackRock Strategic Funds – Systematic ESG World Equity Fund |
Neuberger Berman Systematic Global Sustainable Value Fund |
Allianz Global Investors Fund – Allianz Global Sustainability |
Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund |
Lazard Global Sustainable Equity Fund |
UBS (Lux) Equity Fund – Global Sustainable (USD) |
abrdn Global Sustainable Equity Fund |
Global ESG Equity-Passive
NN (L) Global Enhanced Index Sustainable Equity |
Vanguard ESG Developed World All Cap Equity Index Fund |
iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF |
UBS (Irl) ETF plc – MSCI ACWI Socially Responsible UCITS ETF |
Xtrackers MSCI World ESG UCITS ETF |
UBS (IRL) ETF Plc – MSCI ACWI ESG Universal Low Carbon Select UCITS ETF |
UBS (Lux) Fund Solutions – MSCI World Socially Responsible UCITS ETF |
iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened UCITS ETF |
Global ESG Fixed Inc-Active
JPMorgan Funds – Global Bond Opportunities Sustainable Fund |
Fidelity Funds – Sustainable Strategic Bond Fund |
UBS (Lux) Strategy SICAV – Fixed Income Sustainable (USD) |
PIMCO GIS Global Bond ESG Fund |
AXA World Funds – Global Sustainable Aggregate |
Pictet – Global Sustainable Credit |
Swisscanto (LU) Bond Fund – Swisscanto (LU) Bond Fund Responsible Global Corporate |
BNP Paribas Funds Sustainable Global Corporate Bond |
Dimensional Global Sustainability Fixed Income Fund |
T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV – Responsible Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund |
T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV – Responsible Global Aggregate Bond Fund |
Lazard Global Sustainable Fixed Income Fund |
EM ESG Equity-Active
White Fleet OLZ Equity Emerging Market Optimized ESG |
Credit Suisse Index Fund (Lux) – CSIF (Lux) Equity Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility ESG Blue |
Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Sustainability Fund |
Heptagon Fund ICAV – Driehaus Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity Fund |
Pictet-Quest Emerging Sustainable Equities |
DWS Invest ESG Emerging Markets Top Dividend |
BMO Responsible Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
Goldman Sachs Funds II – Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio |
Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Emerging Markets Sustainable Development Equity Fund |
GAM Sustainable Emerging Equity |
JPMorgan Funds – Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity |
Multi Asset
BlackRock Global Funds – ESG Multi-Asset Fund |
BNP Paribas Funds Sustainable Multi-Asset Growth |
AB SICAV I – Sustainable All Market Portfolio |
Arabesque Q3.17 SICAV – Global ESG Momentum Flexible Allocation |
UBS (Lux) Strategy Fund – Balanced Sustainable (EUR) |
UBS (Lux) Strategy Fund – Growth Sustainable (USD) |
Allianz Global Investors Fund – Allianz Global Dynamic Multi Asset Strategy 50 |
JSS Sustainable Multi Asset – Global Opportunities |
Climate Focused Funds
Franklin Templeton Investment Funds – Templeton Global Climate Change Fund |
CPR Invest Climate Action |
Lombard Odier Funds – Climate Transition |
Schroder International Selection Fund Global Climate Change Equity |
HSBC Global Investment Funds – Global Equity Climate Change |
Thematics
M&G (Lux) Investment Funds 1 – M&G (Lux) Global Themes Fund |
Pictet – Global Thematic Opportunities |
Lazard Global Thematic Fund |
Natixis International Funds (Lux) I – Thematics Meta Fund |
BlackRock Global Funds – Circular Economy Fund |
Pictet-Global Megatrend Selection |
NN (L) Smart Connectivity |
CPR Invest Global Disruptive Opportunities |
Fidelity Funds – Global Demographics Fund |
Congratulations to all those shortlisted! The shortlists for house and initiative-based awards will be announced in due course.
The next step is for our elite judging panel to apply a qualitative layer of analysis, based on their own research and review of the data, in order to identify the winners of each category.