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Columbia Threadneedle Sustainable Outcomes Global Equity Capability

At a glance

A concentrated Global equity capability that invests in high-quality companies targeting positive sustainable outcomes and strong financial returns.

Reasons to invest

Twin rewards

We aim to provide positive sustainable outcomes and strong financial returns – these two objectives are perfectly in harmony and enable clients to invest in a better future.

Strong credentials

We are a pioneer in responsible investment with capabilities dating back over 20 years. We were a UN PRI founding signatory and have consistently rated A+ for equities ever since.1

Integrated approach

Our team of responsible investment analysts are fully integrated with fundamental research specialists, and our approach dovetails with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

1 Source: PRI, as at May 2021. Threadneedle Asset Management Limited was a founding signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment in 2006.

Philosophy

What we mean by ‘high-quality’ companies

What we mean by ‘high-quality’ companies diagram

We believe that:

  • Companies that contribute to sustainable outcomes by offering solutions to meet these changing demands will enjoy superior growth, returns and wider competitive moats in the long term.
  • Strong and/or improving ESG credentials are a key component of the quality of a company and its management.
  • A strong and sustainable competitive advantage is also vital in sustaining a company’s returns on capital over the long term.

Process

Our sustainable themes mapped to primary SDGs

Our sustainable themes mapped to primary SDGs

Investing for change

  • The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a catalyst for change, creating new investment opportunities
  • Our eight sustainable themes draw on these SDGs and encompass a range of social and environmental outcomes
  • We believe investment based on these themes can deliver not just impact for investors but solid financial returns

UN logos. Use does not imply UN endorsement. Use for promotion of the SDGs. Our thematic framework draws on all SDGs, but the primary SDGs per theme are shown here.

Portfolio manager

Video

Podcast

Pauline Grange
Portfolio Manager
Pauline Grange interview

Pauline Grange interview: sustainability and investing

Global sustainable outcomes - News & Views

Global Sustainable Outcomes, and how Covid-19 could change the world for ever

Insights

11 November 2022

Pauline Grange

Portfolio Manager

Global Sustainable Outcomes Q3 2022

We look at the impact of higher inflation on markets and strategy performance, and what the US Inflation Reduction Act could mean for the deployment of clean energy and decarbonising the US economy.
Read time - 9 min
9 December 2021

Pauline Grange & Jess Williams

Portfolio Manager, Global Equities & Portfolio Analyst, Responsible Investment

Global Sustainable Outcomes - News & Views Q3 2021

We look at the economic consequences of shutting down the world and then hitting the restart button; as well as the issue of increasing water scarcity around the globe and the social and economic costs of finding solutions to this.
Read time - 12 min
9 December 2021

Pauline Grange & Jess Williams

Portfolio Manager, Global Equities & Portfolio Analyst, Responsible Investment

Global Sustainable Outcomes - News & Views Q4 2021

Pauline Grange, Portfolio Manager, and Jess Williams, Portfolio Analyst, take a look at 2021 as a whole from a responsible investment point of view – from the COP26 conference and country and region responses to the climate crisis, to ongoing fossil fuel use and net-zero issues.
Read time - 12 min

Portfolio manager

Pauline Grange
Portfolio Manager

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