Our investment professionals and sustainability and governance specialists research topics with potential implications on long-term investment risks and opportunities.
Evaluating material sustainability and governance risks and opportunities is embedded into our investment approach, The Capital System™. Our three-part process enhances our investment research and emphasizes materiality at the individual-issuer level.
Research & Investment Frameworks
Reflect material sustainability and governance considerations in
25+ sectors.
Monitoring Process
Uses available third-party data to flag a subset of investments in certain asset classes* for further research and review.
Engagement & Proxy Voting
Involves engaging with issuers on material sustainability and governance risks and opportunities and voting proxies solely in the financial interests of our clients.
We identify investment opportunities through deep research and analysis, with partnership between investment professionals and the Sustainability & Governance team. Analyzing material risks and opportunities (including those that relate to sustainability and governance topics) is a crucial aspect of how we assess an issuer's long-term potential to generate value.
LONG TERM
Taking the long view is crucial. We’ve been long-term investors for 90+ years.
DEDICATED TEAM
Our 40+ sustainability and governance professionals focus on proprietary research and analysis.
INTEGRATED
Our portfolio managers and investment analysts work to integrate material sustainability and governance considerations in their investment decision-making.
Data as of December 31, 2025.
Analysis of material sustainability and governance issues, alongside other considerations, helps us identify investment risks and opportunities. They can be, but are not necessarily, determinative to an investment decision.
DISCLOSURES
Learn more about Capital Group's ESG policy statement, proxy voting guidelines, industry-related initiatives and other disclosures here.
Footnotes/Important information:
*As of September 30, 2026, monitoring applies to holdings of corporate (equity and fixed income) and sovereign bonds.