Impact Investing
Invest in companies which make an impact
We believe we can generate both compelling investment returns and social and environmental impacts for our investors.
What is Impact Investing?
Impact investing is about investing in companies that aim to deliver measurable positive environmental and/or social outcomes alongside financial returns.
As global challenges intensify, more businesses are aligning with sustainability and societal needs, creating a growing opportunity set across equity and debt markets.
This allows investors to support companies driving meaningful change, while benefiting from long-term growth potential.
Why T. Rowe Price for Impact Investing?
Depth & Breadth of Resources
Cross asset collaboration, combined with proprietary screening models help identify high-impact investments.
Committed Impact Research Measurement & Engagement
In-depth impact analysis and engagement helps to ensure materiality, measurability, and additionality.
Risk-Managed Portfolio Construction
Risk-aware portfolio management that is focused on long-term results.
How we measure impact
We take a structured, evidence-based approach to impact measurement, defining clear impact goals at the outset, tracking measurable outcomes through tailored key performance indicators, and aligning each investment to recognised frameworks such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
We actively engage with companies to strengthen positive outcomes and address risks, monitoring progress over time and feeding insights back into our investment decisions.
We report regularly on both portfolio-level outcomes and company-level progress to ensure transparency and accountability.
Our impact charter
Materiality
Each security aligns with specific impact pillars, embedding a clear theory of change for asset and investor contributions.
Measurability
Our impact measurement approach is multidimensional and security-based, using insights from our research platform and company engagement.
Additionally
Engaging with issuers to further the intended positive impact and/or mitigate material negative environmental or social impacts.
Resilience
In an era of disruption and extreme outcomes, patience and skillful portfolio construction is important.
Our impact investing strategies
We offer a range of impact strategies across various asset classes. Impact investments are made with the intention of generating positive, measurable social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Impact Fixed Income
Our Impact Fixed Income strategies aim to contribute positive environmental and/or social impact, whilst achieving capital growth and income, over a full market cycle.
Global Impact Equity
An impact-focused strategy with high-conviction global equity exposure and a dual mandate which aims to create positive social and/or environmental impact as well as seeking to provide financial return.
US Impact Equity
An impact-focused, high-conviction US equity strategy with a dual mandate which aims to create positive social and/or environmental impact as well as seeking to provide financial return.
The Blue Economy - Making Waves
T. Rowe Price and the International Finance Corporation* (part of the World Bank Group) are partnering to grow the blue bond market.
The partnership supports investment across sustainable oceans, freshwater, and water infrastructure, directing capital toward marine and freshwater conservation, clean water and sanitation, climate resilience, and sustainable economic development.
* T. Rowe Price and International Finance Corporation are not affiliated companies
Our approach to ESG
We believe that governance and sustainability factors can influence investment risk and return, and therefore, we integrate them into our fundamental investment analysis.
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Contact us
For further information or to arrange a meeting to discuss ESG investments, please contact the Relationship Management Team.
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