Sustainable and Responsible Investment Exclusion Policy
For certain investment funds issued and managed by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) that fall under the category “SRI1 Strategy” the following exclusions apply:
AllianzGI Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds
AllianzGI Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds apply exclusion criteria for severe international standards and/or international regulations violators, controversial weapons or companies that derive more than a certain percentage of their revenues from weapons, companies that derive more than a certain percentage of their revenue from thermal coal extraction and utility companies that generate more than a certain percentage of their revenues from coal, companies involved in the production of tobacco, and companies involved in the distribution of tobacco in excess of a certain percentage of their revenues as shown below.
International standards and/or international regulations
AllianzGI Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds refrain from investing in securities issued by companies having a severe violation of international standards and/or international regulations. International standards and/or international regulations in this meaning include, but are not limited to, the Principles of the United Nations Global Compact Violators2, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises3, and the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights4. For certain cases, flagged issuers shall be on a watch list. These companies will appear on this watch list when there is our belief that engagement may lead to improvements or when the company is assessed to take remedial actions. Companies on the watch list remain investible unless we believe that our engagement or the remedial actions of the company does not lead to the desired remedy of the severe controversy.
Weapons
AllianzGI Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds refrain from investing in:
- Securities issued by companies involved in controversial weapons (including: Nuclear Weapons inside & outside of the NPT, Biological & Chemical Weapons, Cluster Munitions, Anti-personnel mines, Depleted Uranium and White Phosphorus).
- Securities issued that derive more than 10% of their revenues from weapons, military equipment and services.
Climate Change
AllianzGI Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds refrain from investing in:
- Securities issued by companies that derive more than 10% of their revenue from thermal coal extraction.
- Securities issued by utility companies that generate more than 20% of their revenues from coal.
Tobacco
AllianzGI Sustainable and Responsible Investment Funds refrain from investing in:
- Securities issued by companies involved in the production of tobacco.
- Securities issued by companies involved in the distribution of tobacco in excess of 5% of their revenues.
For sovereign issuers, an insufficient Freedom House Index score is considered.
AllianzGI uses various external data and research providers for the above mentioned exclusions.
1) Sustainable and Responsible Investment
2) More information can be found at https://www.unglobalcompact.org
3) More information can be found at https://www.oecd.org/corporate/mne/
4) More information can be found at https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/publications/guidingprinciplesbusinesshr_en.pdf
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Allianz Global Investors, January 2021