Swedbank Robur Climate Bond A

Summary

The fund analyses how the sustainable investments affect such things as emissions, water and biodiversity on an ongoing basis. The fund also ensures that the holdings do not seriously and systematically infringe on accepted international standards and conventions relating to sustainability as adopted by the UN, ILO and OECD or are otherwise involved in unacceptable operations relating to sustainability or corporate governance.

When individual securities are assessed as to whether they cause significant harm to any environmental or social goals, the indicators for negative impact on sustainability factors (Principal Adverse Impact, PAI) are taken into consideration. The Management Company analyses PAI indicators that are considered to be able to measure significant harm and has set thresholds for when the PAI indicators are considered to demonstrate such harm. In the cases where limit values are surpassed, the security does not constitute a sustainable investment.

External suppliers will provide Swedbank Robur with an analysis of which companies can be associated with violations of international norms. Based on information from our suppliers and other available information, Swedbank Robur will perform its own assessment on whether it is a question of a serious and systematic violation and in that case refrain from investing in the company and divesting existing holdings. If such a violation is deemed to occur, the company's securities are not a sustainable investment.

The fund's investments consist of sustainable bonds, which, according to Swedbank Robur, are sustainable investments in that the issue proceeds are earmarked for green and/or social projects that contribute to meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), also known as the Global Goals. The fund's investments could also consist of bonds where the issuer is classified as a sustainable investment in that the issuer's products and services contribute to meeting the Global Goals. The UN Global Goals address both social and environmental aspects. The fund's investments have a special focus on the UN's environmental goals such as sustainable energy, conservation of the environment and combating climate change.

The fund is managed with the objective of contributing to the achievement of the UN Global Goals. The fund only invests sustainable bonds and regular bonds that fulfil Swedbank Robur's definition of sustainable investments in accordance with SFDR. The fund is obligated to follow the Management Company's "Policy for Responsible Investments" (adopted by the Board) and use the three main methods ("include", "exclude" and "engage") in order to achieve the sustainable investment objective of the fund. The Management Company also has "Principles for shareholder engagement" (adopted by the Board). As active owners, Swedbank Robur strives to ensure that the companies in which we invest are managed in an efficient and long-term sustainable way.

The plan is for at least 85% of the fund's assets to consist of investments used to achieve the sustainable investment objective, with at least 40% focusing on environmental objectives and at least 20% focusing on social objectives. Of the investments with environmental goals, at least 1% are intended to be taxonomy-aligned.

The Management Company’s risk function monitors and checks that the fund’s sustainable investment objectives are complied with. The risk function also performs a quarterly follow-up and analysis of the metrics the Management Company has selected to measure how the fund’s investments meet the sustainable investment objectives.

To measure the achievement of each of the environmental or social characteristics promoted by this financial product, the Management Company measures the indicators sustainable bonds and Environmental Engagement (E).

To measure the achievement of each of the environmental or social characteristics promoted by this financial product, the management company measures the indicators sustainable bonds, and Environment engagement dialogue (E).

Swedbank Robur uses several sources in its process to measure how the fund's goals for sustainable investments are achieved. Swedbank Robur purchases data from major data providers that have demonstrated a robust method for guaranteeing the quality of data. In order to guarantee the quality of the data purchased, the supplier's data and product range are reviewed. When there is an opportunity, test data is taken from several providers offering the same product in order to compare as large a selection as possible.

There are a number of limitations with the models and data being currently used. The main limitation is the number of asset allocations for which metric calculation methods exist. The coverage is generally good for the funds, where a mix between reported and estimated data is used. Furthermore, Swedbank Robur believes that the method used by the data provider for estimating data is reliable.

The Management Company has due diligence procedures in place in order to ensure that sustainability risks and the sustainability requirements established for the fund are taken into consideration in the investment decision. Sustainability analysis is an integrated part of the fund management’s investment process. In order to manage sustainability risks and integrate the risks in investment decisions, the fund management follows the procedures that the Management Company describes in the Management Company’s "Strategy to include" and "Strategy to exclude". The Management Company’s risk function performs a daily inspection to determine whether the fund’s holdings fulfil its sustainability requirements and regulations regarding exclusion.

The fund follows the Management Company's "Principles for Shareholder Engagement" (adopted by the Board). In the event of sustainability-related controversies in invested companies, Swedbank Robur has special procedures and processes to monitor and follow up with the company. Both dialogue work and voting are key tools to try to prevent and respond to sustainability-related controversies.

Principal Adverse Impact Statement (in Swedish).