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NAVIGATE SUSTAINABLE INVESTING WITH iSHARES
Choose from a broad range of sustainable funds.
Capital at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and are not guaranteed. Investors may not get back the amount originally invested.
Sustainable investing is growing rapidly.1 While more investors are seeking opportunities to align their portfolios to sustainability themes and outcomes, our research found that many investors are looking for help navigating product differentiation across asset classes and sustainability profile.
iShares can give investors who have sustainability goals the clarity and tools they need to navigate sustainable investing and find the products that meet their investment objectives.
FIND PRODUCTS THAT ALIGN WITH YOUR INVESTMENT GOALS
Learn more about the key features and use cases of our iShares Sustainable ETFs. Using the BlackRock Sustainable Investing Platform, which defines our four sustainable investment approaches, investors can choose from a full range of iShares building blocks across asset classes, select the suite that meets their needs and implement across their portfolio.
iSHARES SUSTAINABLE ETFs - SCREENED
What are they?
ETFs that allow investors to constrain investments by avoiding issuers or business activities with certain environmental, social and/or governance characteristics.
Why should I consider these products?
Designed for investors looking to screen out controversial business areas without altering their investment approach.
What are the key features?
- Apply business involvement screens.
- Low tracking error compared to parent index.
- Same price as traditional exposures.
The above information is not investment advice, and is not a recommendation, offer or solicitation. Investors should read the prospectus and KID/KIID before investing.
iSHARES SUSTAINABLE ETFs - UPLIFT
What are they?
ETFs tracking indices with improved environmental, social and/or governance characteristics versus their parent benchmark.
Why should I consider these products?
Uplift funds can help investors seeking to improve their portfolio sustainability credentials while maintaining a profile similar to traditional benchmarks.
What are the key features?
- Apply business involvement screens and additional screens, portfolio constraints, optimiser or best in class selection.
- Can include specific sustainability constraints such as EU climate benchmark requirements (e.g. Paris-Aligned Benchmark – PAB and Climate Transition Benchmark - CTB).
- Offer broad exposures.
The above information is not investment advice, and is not a recommendation, offer or solicitation. Investors should read the prospectus and KID/KIID before investing.
iSHARES SUSTAINABLE ETFs - THEMATIC
What are they?
ETFs aimed at targeted investments in issuers whose business models may not only benefit from but also may drive long-term sustainability outcomes.
Why should I consider these products?
Thematic funds allow investors to invest across sectors and geographies and offer unconstrained, diversified source of potential returns.
What are the key features?
- Provide access to structural economic themes (low carbon, clean energy, inclusion & diversity).
- Seek to outperform over the long term.
- Unconstrained from a traditional country or sector benchmark.
The above information is not investment advice, and is not a recommendation, offer or solicitation. Investors should read the prospectus and KID/KIID before investing.
iSHARES SUSTAINABLE ETFs - IMPACT
What are they?
ETFs with a commitment to generate positive, measurable, and additional sustainability outcomes.
Why should I consider these products?
Designed for investors looking to drive measurable sustainable change over the long term.
What are the key features?
- Seek to generate a measurable sustainability outcome alongside a financial return.
The below information is not investment advice, and is not a recommendation, offer or solicitation. Investors should read the prospectus and KID/KIID before investing.
TOOLS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS
PRODUCT SCREENER
The screener maps our ETFs to sustainable options, incorporating sustainability characteristics* such as sustainability-related metrics and SFDR2 classifications so you can make an informed decision.
*Sustainability characteristics can be viewed on the product screener when ‘Sustainability Characteristics’ is selected in the data view or individually on each product page.
1 Source: BlackRock Global Business Intelligence as of 31 December 2022.
2 Sustainable Financial Disclosures Regulation (SFDR)
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