Disclaimer
BY CLICKING ON “I AGREE”, I DECLARE I AM A WHOLESALE CLIENT AS DEFINED IN THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001.
What is a Wholesale Client?
A person or entity is a “wholesale client” if they satisfy the requirements of section 761G of the Corporations Act.
This commonly includes a person or entity:
who holds an Australian Financial Services License
who has or controls at least $10 million (and may include funds held by an associate or under a trust that the person manages)
that is a body regulated by APRA other than a trustee of:
(i) a superannuation fund;
(ii) an approved deposit fund;
(iii) a pooled superannuation trust; or
(iv) a public sector superannuation scheme.
within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993that is a body registered under the Financial Corporations Act 1974.
that is a trustee of:
(i) a superannuation fund; or
(ii) an approved deposit fund; or
(iii) a pooled superannuation trust; or
(iv) a public sector superannuation scheme
within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and the fund, trust or scheme has net assets of at least $10 million.that is a listed entity or a related body corporate of a listed entity
that is an exempt public authority
that is a body corporate, or an unincorporated body, that:
(i) carries on a business of investment in financial products, interests in land or other investments; and
(ii) for those purposes, invests funds received (directly or indirectly) following an offer or invitation to the public, within the meaning of section 82 of the Corporations Act 2001, the terms of which provided for the funds subscribed to be invested for those purposes.that is a foreign entity which, if established or incorporated in Australia, would be covered by one of the preceding paragraphs.
Sustainable Investing Open Access Initiative
Our Sustainable Investing Open Access Initiative is disclosing our intellectual property – our proprietary SDG data. Through this initiative, we are offering free insights into individual SDG scores on corporate issuers and share our in-depth analysis across a range of country ESG data, resulting in a single country sustainability score.
How do companies and countries score on sustainability?
Explore the contributions companies make to the Sustainable Development Goals and how countries rank on ESG criteria.
Frameworks
SDG scores
The SDG Framework is a robust tool that systematically evaluates companies based on their performance across key SDG-related targets. A company’s overall performance across the most strategically relevant SDGs aggregates into an overall company SDG score.
Country ESG scores
What are the most sustainable countries in the world? The Country Sustainability Ranking is a comprehensive framework for analyzing countries’ performance on a wide range of ESG metrics.
Open Access Initiative
MyRobeco
We launched the SI Open Access Initiative in August 2022, initially to allow clients and academics to use to the information contained in the groundbreaking Robeco SDG Framework. This was expanded in May 2023 to include the Country Sustainability Ranking, which scores 150 countries/economies on ESG credentials. Both are now available to a broader range of stakeholders on this website. Clients and academics can get access to even more data and features through MyRobeco. Please get in touch with us to hear more about this option.
Supporters of the initiative
The SDG framework is used for many of Robeco’s client portfolios. These include some of the world’s biggest asset owners like UBS Global Wealth Management, BBVA AM, Standard Chartered Bank and pensioenfonds ING, who are all keen supporters of Robeco’s SI Open Access initiative.
“We support the launch of Robeco’s Sustainable Investing Open Access Initiative. We share a common belief and understanding that we should be heading towards a more sustainable world. Good quality data, which is transparent and consistent , is important to us in our investment decisions. We believe that the decision of Robeco to create an open access platform shows forward thinking and leadership in sustainable investment.”
Stichting Pensioenfonds ING
