Responsible Investing – ESG in Action
Resposible investing is at the forefront of our ethos and in conjunction with SFDR and in our role as a Financial Broker, One Quote Financial Brokers Limited is committed to providing greater transparency and sustainability-related information, that will enable investors to compare financial products and to make informed investment decisions that include ESG consideration.
What is ESG?
Environmental, Social, and Governance is an investment philosophy that aims to achieve long-term returns by allocating capital to assets that adhere to strictly defined environmental, social and governance standards.
Our Investment Partners
Details about the ESG approach taken by each of our investment partners are outlined below, noting that more fund-specific related information, will be provided where we make an investment recommendation on your personal behalf.
At Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland DAC environment, social, and governance issues (“ESG”) are a core part of their culture. In fact, as a company Aviva’s commitment to responsible investment has a long track record and Aviva has been at the forefront of responsible and sustainable investment for nearly 50 years. Learn more about the Aviva’s sustainability culture.
Responsible investing means a number of things to Irish Life – from being a good steward of assets over the long term to integrating more robust decision-making within their portfolios, which takes account of environmental and social issues and the more traditional governance and financial risks, to offering a range of investment options that can meet the ESG preferences of their clients. Learn more about Irish Life Investment managers approch and commitment to ESG.
New Ireland Assurance plc is committed to protecting their investors’ futures whilst a cornerstone of their investment offering is working with some of the world’s largest investment managers, alongside their Bank of Ireland Investment Markets offerings. One of their core ethical offerings is the Ethical Managed Fund managed by State Street Global Advisors whilst more about New Ireland’s broader approcah to ESG can be found here in the their responsible investment policy.
Standard Life International Dac supports effective stewardship and responsible investment and works with best-in-class asset managers who invest in assets that support a sustainable world and one of the most popular offering in this spsce is their Multi-asset ESG Fund, which invests across all major asset classes, global geographies, and major industry sectors. Learn more about the Standard Life approach to responsible investment.
Zurich Life Assurance plc and the Zurich Insurance Group has a central philospohy of integrating Enviromental, Social and Goverance (ESG) factors into how investment decisions are made. Here you can learn more about Zurich Life’s approach to responsible investment and access their investment funds as well as market news.
Royal London plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal London Group plc, the largest financial Life, Pensions and Investments mutual in the UK and Ireland. They aim to generate good returns and at the same time also make a positive contribution to our society and environment by being proactive in asking the investment managers they work with to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities when they make investment decisions.