BNP Paribas Asset Management SRI Strategies
BNP Paribas Asset Management provides a range of SRI investment strategies that are run by a number of investment teams using a single SRI research framework. These strategies are divided between “Core” SRI and “Thematic” SRI.
1- SRI RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Our proprietary SRI research framework has been designed to identify the sustainability issues that represent the most significant risks and opportunities to investors. It enables us to rank companies, organisations and countries based on ESG practices and analyse the social and environmental impact of companies’ products and services.
Companies, organisations and countries that do not meet minimum international standards such as the UN Global Compact principles on human rights, employment standards, environmental stewardship and business ethics, as well as producers of controversial products such as weapons, alcohol and tobacco, are excluded from our investment universe.
2 - CORE SRI STRATEGIES
Our Core SRI strategies follow a “best in class” approach by investing across all sectors of the economy in companies, organisations and countries that demonstrate superior ESG practices.
Issuers are evaluated on ESG criteria using extra-financial analysis:
The following investment centres manage core SRI portfolios:
3 - THEMATIC SRI STRATEGIES
Our Thematic SRI strategies are managed by our specialist Global SRI Equity investment centre and follow either a multi-theme approach focusing on a broad range of long-term environmental or social sustainability issues (e.g. ageing societies, sustainable food, clean energy, knowledge & connection, low-income solutions, sustainable mobility, health & well-being, sustainable resources), or a hybrid approach combining a large cap “best in class” universe with a thematic overlay.
Our portfolios have varying tracking errors depending on the proportions of best in class and thematic components they contain.