Sustainable investing & impact

Driving positive change, beyond financial returns

Our expertise

With over 20 years'¹ Sustainable Investing (SI) expertise, we continue to cultivate a range of strategies that are aimed at helping drive positive change, beyond just financial returns. Our SI capabilities cover traditional and alternative, active and passive, and span across asset classes.

There is rarely a ‘one size fits all’ for clients – which is why we incorporate a variety of approaches. These include exclusions, screening, developing sustainability, impact, transition focused strategies, engagement and ESG integration. And by integrating data science into our SI processes we aim to drive innovation and create more efficient alpha.

¹UBS-AM (Americas) Inc. started its first sustainability strategy in 1997. Please see Sustainability Report for more information.

What sets us apart

Long-term commitment

Sustainability means thinking and acting with the long term in mind. It’s an integral part of our business, from the products, services and advice we offer, to the way we work and operate in society.

Innovation and customization

We offer a wide range of SI strategies and customized solutions across asset classes.

Active owners

Empowering companies globally through active stewardship and engagement.

Key pillars of our approach

Climate 

Helping clients transition towards a lower-carbon future

Active ownership

Benefiting from UBS Group's expertise and full commitment to Sustainability

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. While the financial objectives of our clients remain the primary focus of our investments, our sustainable investment strategy also considers long-term resilience, climate change, environmental, social and governance aspects.

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Sustainable Investing at UBS Asset Management

Climate and impact investing

Watch Lucy Thomas, Head of Sustainable Investing at UBS Asset Management, explain about the climate challenge, Net Zero, stewardship and the opportunities transitioning to Net Zero offer investors.

Progress to Net Zero

Transitioning to Net Zero is a huge endeavor that requires action on many fronts: watch UBS Asset Management professionals discuss the issues in our Progress to Net Zero video.

Introducing our Sustainable Investing leadership team

Our dedicated team of sustainability experts includes specialists in corporate governance, stewardship, thematic engagement, impact engagement and impact investing, as well as a team of data science experts. Learn more about some of our key sustainability leaders below.