Asia Pacific strategies

Asia Pacific strategies

We run three strategies within the Asia Pacific region. 

Investing in the Asia Pacific region

We launched our first Asia Pacific strategy in 1988. Over the decades since we have developed a deep and comprehensive understanding of both the region, and the many sustainability challenges facing the businesses in which we invest.

Asia is of course at the coalface of many of these sustainability challenges; be that eradicating poverty and hunger, water management, deforestation and land degradation, air pollution, or climate change. But the Asia Pacific region is also home to many excellent local businesses that are striving to help solve these core issues. These businesses are high-quality companies with exceptional cultures, strong franchises and resilient financials, and it is our belief that such companies face fewer risks, and so are better placed to deliver long-term value to investors.

We run three Asia Pacific strategies, all of which you can discover below. 

Asia Pacific and Japan Sustainability

Launched in June 1988, the strategy became a dedicated sustainability strategy in September 2019. It typically invests in 30-60 companies in the Asia Pacific region, including Japan.

Asia Pacific Leaders Sustainability

The strategy invests in large and mid-sized companies which generally have a total stock market value of at least US$1 billion. It launched in 2003 and became a dedicated sustainability strategy in July 2016.

Asia Pacific Sustainability

This strategy was launched in December 2005. The strategy generally invests in 30-60 companies in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand but excluding Japan.