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Wellington Management believes that through stewardship, ESG integration and informed, active ownership they can improve investment outcomes for their clients.
Available on the Bloomberg Terminal, the solution facilitates a transparent screening process and can be used both for making investment decisions and to help clients with regulatory compliance. It can be difficult to fully understand whether a portfolio, fund or index meets your own definition of a sustainableinvestment.
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We will be focused not only on our corporate sustainability efforts, which include reducing the organization’s greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing our reporting infrastructure, but also expanding our stewardship and sustainableinvesting practices across our global investment portfolios.” . Major 2021 CSR Achievements.
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