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Global Impact Bond report
We are pleased to share the sixth report for Wellington’s Global Impact Bond strategy. In our view, growing social and environmental challenges continue to underscore the need to invest across our impact themes.
The contents of this report showcase key developments in our Global Impact Bond strategy during 2023, including sample engagements and investment spotlights to illustrate our investment process and the measurable outcomes we achieved.
Data as of 31 December 2023 | Source: Wellington Management | Sources for chart statistics: Affordable housing: “Housing,” UN-Habitat. Clean water & sanitation: “Partnerships and Cooperation for Water: UN World Water Development Report 2023,” United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Health: “Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2023 Global Monitoring Report,” World Health Organization, September 2023. Sustainable agriculture & nutrition: Jeremy Ney, “Food deserts and inequality,” Social Policy Data Lab, 30 September 2021; “New map shows where millions of UK residents struggle to access food,” University of Sheffield, 22 July 2021. Digital divide: “Facts and Figures 2023: Internet use,” itu.int, 2024. Education & job training: “Education pays,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2023. Financial inclusion: “The Global Findex Database,” The World Bank, 2022. Safety & security: “Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023,” World Economic Forum. Alternative energy: “The Five Grand Challenges," Breakthrough Energy. Resource efficiency: Daneil Raimi, et al., “Global Energy Outlook 2023: Sowing the Seeds of an Energy Transition,” Resources for the Future, March 2023. Resource stewardship: “Global Resources Outlook 2024,” UN Environment Programme, 01 March 2024.
HOW TO INVEST
Global Impact Bond Fund
Art.9 (SFDR)
Seeks to outperform global fixed income markets represented by the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index USD Hedged while generating measurable positive social or environmental impact
Capital at risk
IMPACT INVESTING AT WELLINGTON
Approach to engagement
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Important disclosures
Data provided is as of 31 December 2022 | Investment examples are based on holdings of the representative account from 1 January to 31 December 2022. Company examples are for illustrative purposes only, are not representative of all investments made by the portfolio and should not be interpreted as a recommendation or advice. Portfolio spotlight examples are based on nonperformance criteria.
