Funds that fit an investor’s goals – and preferences
We offer a range of high-quality ESG funds that aim to help investors meet their financial goals as well as reflect different ESG preferences. These are all underpinned by our four investment principles of goals, balance, cost and discipline.
We offer both index and active ESG funds, which are designed to include certain ESG criteria.
Why invest in our ESG funds?
Low cost
With OCFs from 0.13% to 0.48%, each of our ESG funds offers value to investors. By keeping costs low, investors keep more of their returns (1).
Active and index
We offer exclusionary index funds, as well as actively managed funds.
Choice of asset types
A range of approaches and asset classes to choose from covering equities, fixed income and multi-asset.
(1) The ongoing charges figure/total expense ratio (OCF/TER) covers administration, audit, depository, legal, registration and regulatory expenses incurred in respect of the funds. Source: Vanguard, as at 31 December 2024.
There’s no one size fits all approach to ESG
Client preferences around ESG can vary. And there are different ways to incorporate those preferences into an investment strategy, depending on:
- investment goal
- investment
- timeframe
- attitude to risk
- ESG preferences
ESG documents
Guide to Vanguard’s ESG funds for your clients
Vanguard offers a range of investment funds to help you meet your client’s financial goals as well as reflect their ESG preferences.
Climate-related Impacts
Find out how we’re approaching climate-related risks and opportunities. The report covers governance, strategy, risk management and metrics and targets. It is aligned to recommendations provided by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
Active funds
Active ESG funds aim to provide an increase in the value of the investments over the long term (more than 5 years). To do this, they select companies based on specific ESG criteria, consistent with the fund’s objectives.
ActiveLife Climate Aware funds
An uncomplicated, all-in-one, actively managed portfolio of equities and bonds from around the world.
ActiveLife Climate Aware 40-50% Equity Fund
ActiveLife Climate Aware 60-70% Equity Fund
ActiveLife Climate Aware 80-90% Equity Fund
More about ActiveLife Climate Aware
Global Capital Stewards Equity Fund
An active equity fund that invests in companies that display strong governance and act as good stewards of investors' capital.
Index funds
Our ESG index mutual funds and ETFs are for investors who want to avoid or reduce their exposure to certain ESG-related risks.
They each track an index that excludes companies that:
are engaged or involved in certain business activities or controversial conduct
derive their revenue (above a threshold) from that activity
These indices exclude companies involved in the manufacture or supply of (for example):
fossil fuels
tobacco
fossil controversial weapons
The indices our ESG index funds track are provided by FTSE Russell or Bloomberg. For more details of the indices, please see the fund prospectus.
Equity funds and ETFs
Avoid or reduce exposure to certain business activities or controversial conduct.
ESG Developed Asia Pacific All Cap UCITS ETF
ESG Developed Europe All Cap UCITS ETF
ESG Developed World All Cap Equity Index Fund
ESG Emerging Markets All Cap Equity Index Fund
ESG Emerging Markets All Cap UCITS ETF
Fixed income funds and ETFs
Avoid or reduce exposure to certain business activities or controversial conduct.
ESG EUR Corporate Bond UCITS ETF
ESG Global Corporate Bond Index Fund
ESG Global Corporate Bond UCITS ETF
Investment risk information
The value of investments, and the income from them, may fall or rise and investors may get back less than they invested.
Some funds invest in emerging markets which can be more volatile than more established markets. As a result the value of your investment may rise or fall.
Investments in smaller companies may be more volatile than investments in well-established blue chip companies.
Funds investing in fixed interest securities carry the risk of default on repayment and erosion of the capital value of your investment and the level of income may fluctuate. Movements in interest rates are likely to affect the capital value of fixed interest securities. Corporate bonds may provide higher yields but as such may carry greater credit risk increasing the risk of default on repayment and erosion of the capital value of your investment. The level of income may fluctuate and movements in interest rates are likely to affect the capital value of bonds.
The fund may use derivatives in order to reduce risk or cost and/or generate extra income or growth. The use of derivatives could increase or reduce exposure to underlying assets and result in greater fluctuations of the Fund’s net asset value. A derivative is a financial contract whose value is based on the value of a financial asset (such as a share, bond, or currency) or a market index.
Some funds invest in securities which are denominated in different currencies. Movements in currency exchange rates can affect the return of investments.
For further information on risks please see the “Risk Factors” section of the prospectus.
Important information
This document is directed at professional investors and should not be distributed to, or relied upon by retail investors.
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