Our expertise
With over 20 years1 SI expertise we remain committed to providing our clients with an offering to meet their evolving sustainability needs. Our SI capabilities cover traditional and alternative, active and passive, and span across asset classes. There are a variety of ways clients may choose to incorporate sustainability considerations into portfolio risk and return objectives. This is why we offer a range of approaches, including exclusions, screening, dedicated net zero, impact and transition focused strategies, stewardship, ESG integration and customization. And by integrating data science into our SI processes, we aim to drive innovation and create more efficient alpha2. It's all about partnering with clients to enable choice.
Sustainable Investing: this terminology refers to definitions in the UBS AM Sustainable Investing Framework and does not refer or relate to any product specific regulatory labelling regime or naming conventions.
What sets us apart
Long-term commitment
Sustainability means thinking and acting with the long term in mind. We launched our first sustainable strategy in 1997 and since then have expanded our SI capabilities. We cover traditional and alternative, active and passive and span across asset classes.
Choice and customization
We offer a wide range of SI strategies and customized solutions across asset classes. We innovate in product design, stewardship and ESG integration. We collaborate across UBS and with our clients to provide scale and unique thought leadership perspectives.
Active owners
Our active ownership approach leverages our strength as a global, diversified asset manager to drive financial value and encourage tangible progress towards sustainability commitments.
Key pillars of our approach
SI in private markets
Climate change, energy needs and water scarcity are among the biggest challenges of our century. We recognize that real assets such as properties and infrastructure contribute significantly to CO2 emissions and the consumption of natural resources. Our investment strategy considers long term resilience, climate change, environmental, social and governance aspects.
Policies, reports and voting records
Third party reports and rankings
PRI | Principles for Responsible Investing
PRI | Principles for Responsible Investing
Important information
The Principles for Responsible Investing (“PRI”) is an investor initiative in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative and UN Global Compact. The PRI is funded primarily via an annual membership fee payable by all signatories. The PRI’s six Principles for Responsible Investment offer a menu of possible actions for incorporating ESG issues into investment practice. This includes the requirement for PRI signatories to report publicly on their responsible investment activities each year. PRI assesses the responsible investment practices of its signatories to provide feedback to signatories and support ongoing learning and development.
The PRI public transparency report, which may be accessed via PRI’s Data Portal, was generated December 15, 2023, is an export of UBS AM’s responses to the PRI Reporting Framework, based upon calendar year 2022 data, and includes all public and mandatory indicators. The attached summary scorecard generated December 15, 2023, shows broad scoring bands per module or per asset class/sub-strategy based on the PRI’s assessment. The PRI does not provide an overall organization score.
For more information about PRI, please consult the webpage here and learn more about PRI’s scoring methodology here. Like all signatories, UBS AM pays an annual membership fee to PRI and has paid no other compensation to PRI with respect to the assessment. Find out more about PRI’s membership requirements here. UBS-AM has been a signatory of PRI since 2009.
Additional information
The UBS Blended ESG Score represents an average of normalized ESG assessment data from UBS and selected external ESG data providers and is subject to our periodic review. This Score provides a more balanced sustainability profile by integrating multiple independent methodologies, rather than relying solely on one methodology. It evaluates a range of material ESG factors, including environmental impact, risk management, labor standards, and anti-corruption policies. Entities are rated on a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 indicating the best sustainability profile.
We utilize MSCI and UBS Wealth Management CIO industry adjusted ESG scores to calculate the UBS Blended ESG Score. The MSCI Industry-Adjusted Company Score is calculated by normalizing the Weighted Average Key Issue Score relative to the ESG Rating industry peer group, based on score ranges set by the benchmark values in the peer set. The Key Issue Scores and benchmark values are set by MSCI as explained in the ESG Ratings Methodology. The UBS Wealth Management CIO sustainability score covers six sustainability topics: Climate Change, Water, People, Pollution and Waste, Products and Services, Governance. Across these six topics, issuers receive a score from zero to ten and an aggregate headline score weighted by industry relevance (based on Sustainability Accounting Standards Board aligned materiality matrix). Each topic score reflects the issuers’ ability to manage the industry-specific risks and opportunities.
