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Sustainable investing
What is sustainable investing?
Strategies with environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) objectives, themes, and related considerations as a principal means for selecting investments.
Sustainable investing is in demand
Morningstar as of 12/31/2022. Based on 228 sustainable ETFs and 368 sustainable open-end funds as defined by Morningstar to have a sustainability focus. This includes funds classified as ESG integration, impact, and sector funds.
Investor demand has been driving sustainable fund growth – with such assets nearly doubling to $255 B in just three years. Help grow your practice and express your clients’ preferences in their portfolio with sustainable investing.
Sustainable funds for your clients’ portfolios
Find what's appropriate for your clients as you look to incorporate sustainable investing in their portfolios. Consider these sustainable building blocks as a way to get started.
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Client resources for sustainable investing
BlackRock offers choice to help investors reach their investment goals and is committed to making the process of getting started simple.
As you engage with existing and new clients, leverage our resources below to help them identify their sustainable investing needs.
Spark the conversation
Use this four-step conversation guide to engage new and existing clients about their sustainable investing goals.
A guide for your clients
Are your clients asking about sustainable investing? Share this client-friendly guide with them for the why, what and how of sustainable investing.
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1 Source: Morningstar as of 12/31/2022. Based on 228 sustainable ETFs and 368 sustainable open-end funds as defined by Morningstar to have a sustainability focus. This includes funds classified as ESG integration, impact, and sector funds.
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Investing involves risks, including possible loss of principal.
This information should not be relied upon as research, investment advice, or a recommendation regarding any products, strategies, or any security in particular. This material is strictly for illustrative, educational, or informational purposes and is subject to change.
The BlackRock model portfolios are provided for illustrative and educational purposes only. The BlackRock model portfolios do not constitute research, are not personalized investment advice or an investment recommendation from BlackRock to any client of a third party financial professional, and are intended for use only by a third party financial professional, with other information, as a resource to help build a portfolio or as an input in the development of investment advice for its own clients. The BlackRock model portfolios themselves are not funds.
The model portfolios are made available to financial professionals by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) or BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), which are registered investment advisers, or by BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), which is the distributor of the BlackRock and iShares funds within the model portfolios. BFA, BIM and BRIL (collectively, “BlackRock”) are affiliates.
BlackRock intends to allocate all or a significant percentage of the BlackRock model portfolios to funds for which it and/or its affiliates serve as investment manager and/or are compensated for services provided to the funds ("BlackRock Affiliated Funds"). Clients will indirectly bear fund expenses relating to assets allocated to funds, including BlackRock Affiliated Funds. BlackRock has an incentive to (a) select BlackRock Affiliated Funds and (b) select BlackRock Affiliated Funds with higher fees over BlackRock Affiliated Funds with lower fees.
Shares of ETFs are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Any applicable brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Beginning August 10, 2020, market price returns for BlackRock and iShares ETFs are calculated using the closing price and account for distributions from the fund. Prior to August 10, 2020, market price returns for BlackRock and iShares ETFs were calculated using the midpoint price and accounted for distributions from the fund. The midpoint is the average of the bid/ask prices at 4:00 PM ET (when NAV is normally determined for most ETFs). The returns shown do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times.
The funds’ environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) investment strategies limit the types and number of investment opportunities available to the funds and, as a result, the funds may underperform other funds that do not have an ESG focus. The funds’ ESG investment strategies may result in the funds investing in securities or industry sectors that underperform the market as a whole or underperform other funds screened for ESG standards. In addition, the Index Provider may be unsuccessful in creating an index composed of companies that address a major social or environmental challenge.
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No proprietary technology or asset allocation model is a guarantee against loss of principal. There can be no assurance that an investment strategy based on the tools will be successful.
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