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Specialist in Asia Pacific, Japan, China, India and South East Asia and Global Emerging Market equities.

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Specialists in equity portfolios in Asia Pacific, emerging markets, global and sustainable investment strategies

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Responsible investment

Responsible investment

We focus on acting as responsible stewards of our clients’ money. This includes engaging with the companies we invest in, and aiming to responsibly manage our clients’ money, even in periods of market volatility, while addressing a range of complex global challenges.

Mark Steinberg

CEO of First Sentier Investors

Responsible investment principles underpin our investment approach

We want to help to build a sustainable economy and society. We see a sustainable economy as one that supports economic growth but not at the expense of the environmental or people. 

We aim to collaborate with our clients, competitors and other groups such as policy makers and non-government organisations. We join industry forums, we talk to the companies we invest in about important issues affecting their business and customers. We provide suggestions to regulators and policy makers, and we publish research on topics related to responsible investment.  

We are currently focused on the following four key issues: climate change; human rights and modern slavery; diversity equity and inclusion; and nature and biodiversity.

Our net zero journey¹

We believe that society must drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis, the threat of global warming to humanity and the planet. It has become obvious that immediate climate action is needed in order to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting rises in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.  

The individual and collective decisions we make as investors can influence the nature and speed of this transition.

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Read our latest annual
Responsible Investment Report

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Read our latest annual
Stewardship Report

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As long-term investors, we know that the decisions we make can have an impact on the world around us today, tomorrow and years from now. Our reports on Responsible Investment and Stewardship provide details about how we think about these issues, and how we take action through our investment processes.

1. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphere, by oceans and forests for instance. Source: United Nations Net Zero Coalition.