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Environmental, Social and Governance

ESG at T. Rowe Price

"Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors can impact the sustainability and long-term success of businesses. Identifying, analyzing, and integrating information about ESG risks and opportunities help enhance our ability to make better investment decisions and pursue better outcomes for our investors. We also believe that our clients should be able to invest in a way that aligns with their values on ESG issues."

Rob Sharps, President & CEO1

ESG Investing Annual Report

2023 ESG Investing Annual Report​​​

Our latest ESG Annual Report details our comprehensive ESG investment integration, company engagement, and proxy voting activities for 2023.

Video

Case Study: The World Bank Amazon Reforestation-Linked Outcome Bond

A discussion with Ellen O’Doherty, Analyst, Impact Credit on a pioneering outcomes-based transaction.

In Focus

Net Zero Asset Managers initiative

We are proud to have joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NAZMi) to support the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner

ESG reporting for our funds

Click here for the latest Proxy Voting Summary, Carbon Footprint Analysis and ESG Reports

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Impact Investing

We believe we can generate both compelling investment returns and social and environmental impacts for our investors.

Latest Insights

September 2024 / In the Spotlight

The power of additionality: Blue bonds could boost sustainability

The power of additionality: Blue bonds could boost sustainability

The power of additionality: Blue bonds could...

Blue bonds could boost sustainability efforts in emerging markets

By Willem Visser & Tongai Kunorubwe

By Willem Visser & Tongai Kunorubwe

August 2024 / ESG

Linking corporate profits with natural capital in the Amazon rainforest

Linking corporate profits with natural capital in the Amazon rainforest

Linking corporate profits with natural capital...

Linking corporate profits with natural capital in the Amazon rainforest

By Maria Elena Drew & Iona Walker

By Maria Elena Drew & Iona Walker

August 2024 / ESG

How say-on-pay voting is shaping trends in executive compensation

How say-on-pay voting is shaping trends in executive compensation

How say-on-pay voting is shaping trends in...

Some 15+ years after the introduction of say-on-pay voting, we assess its impact...

By Donna Anderson & Jocelyn Brown

By Donna Anderson & Jocelyn Brown

August 2024 / ESG

Could GLP-1s help rebalance the food trilemma?

Could GLP-1s help rebalance the food trilemma?

Could GLP-1s help rebalance the food trilemma?

Anti-obesity medications could play a key role in balancing the food trilemma

By Maria Elena Drew

Maria Elena Drew Director of Research, Responsible Investing, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

May 2024 / FIXED INCOME

No green without blue: How blue bonds could support climate goals

No green without blue: How blue bonds could support climate goals

No green without blue: How blue bonds could...

Earth’s oceans capture the majority of the global CO2 produced by humans.

By Willem Visser & Tongai Kunorubwe

By Willem Visser & Tongai Kunorubwe

April 2024 / ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE

For or against? The year in shareholder resolutions—2023

For or against? The year in shareholder resolutions—2023

For or against? The year in shareholder resolution...

With environmental and social proposals in the spotlight, case‑by‑case insights were...

By Donna Anderson & Jocelyn Brown

By Donna Anderson & Jocelyn Brown

December 2023 / INVESTMENT INSIGHTS

Blue Bonds: A Growing Resource for Sustainability Financing

Blue Bonds: A Growing Resource for Sustainability Financing

Blue Bonds: A Growing Resource for Sustainability...

Blue bonds provide financing for ocean-friendly or clean water projects in support...

By Matt Lawton & Tongai Kunorubwe

By Matt Lawton & Tongai Kunorubwe

November 2023 / INVESTMENT INSIGHTS

Integrating ESG Preferences in Asset Allocation

Integrating ESG Preferences in Asset Allocation

Integrating ESG Preferences in Asset Allocation

Optimizing with an added ESG risk constraint.

By Wenting Shen & Nathan Wang

By Wenting Shen & Nathan Wang

November 2023 / INVESTMENT INSIGHTS

As climate risks intensify, investment analysis must rise to the challe...

As climate risks intensify, investment analysis must rise to the challenge

As climate risks intensify, investment analysis...

Addressing the challenge of integrating climate change dynamics into investment decision-m...

By Maria Elena Drew

Maria Elena Drew Director of Research, Responsible Investing, TRPA

October 2023 / ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE

Counting the Cost of Biodiversity Loss

Counting the Cost of Biodiversity Loss

Counting the Cost of Biodiversity Loss

Addressing the challenge of integrating biodiversity into investment analysis

By Tongai Kunorubwe

Tongai Kunorubwe TRPA Head of ESG, Fixed Income

October 2023 / INVESTMENT INSIGHTS

Keeping Pace With the Energy Transition

Keeping Pace With the Energy Transition

Keeping Pace With the Energy Transition

Energy transition has broad economic, political, and investment implications

By Maria Elena Drew

Maria Elena Drew Director of Research, Responsible Investing, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

August 2023 / ESG

Prepare for the Sustainability Capital Wave

Prepare for the Sustainability Capital Wave

Prepare for the Sustainability Capital Wave

It could rival the Industrial Revolution in scale.

By Justin Thomson & Christopher Vost, CFA

By Justin Thomson & Christopher Vost, CFA

1Effective January 1, 2022.

2Used with permission. PRI is not affiliated with T. Rowe Price. For reference, please refer to the PRI assessment methodology and the T. Rowe Price Transparency Report. Under the PRI’s transparency requirements, all signatories complete an annual self-assessment. A significant portion of this report must be publicly disclosed on the PRI’s web site.

Launched in 2006, the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) are a set of voluntary best practice standards that asset owners and asset managers pledge to uphold in order to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into their investment processes.