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
Our ESG Integration Approach
Environmental, Social, and Governance factors comprise a broad spectrum of considerations—positive and negative—that our investment analysts, supported by our ESG specialist teams, consider in the context of any company, industry, or region of the world.
Invest in companies which make an impact
Impact Investing
We believe we can generate both compelling investment returns and social and environmental impacts for our investors.
Companies Covered by our Responsible Investing Indicator Models (RIIM)
15K
In-house ESG research tool2
Shareholder resolutions
1098
Voted in 20213
Company Engagements
788
In 2021 on ESG
ESG Investing Annual Report
Sustainable Investing
2021 ESG Investing Annual Report
Our latest ESG Annual Report details our comprehensive ESG investment integration, company engagement, and proxy voting activities for 2021. We believe in sustainable investing with substance.
Sustainability in Focus
RI Europe 2023
Lead Sponsor
Net Zero
Asset Managers
initiative
We have joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative 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
Memberships & Associations
We have joined or led on various initiatives to bring investors together for purposes of advocacy and engagement.
Latest Insights
1Effective January 1, 2022.
2As of March 7th, 2022. RIIM analysis will be different across advisers. T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (TRPIM) was established as a separately registered US investment adviser. TRPIM has a separate ESG team to that of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA). TRPA and TRPIM ESG teams are both dedicated to supporting investment decisions and leverage a similar approach, framework and philosophy.
3As of December 31st, 2021
4Launched 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.
Used 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.