Your Sustainability Profile

These are the 4 different sustainability profiles at ABN AMRO:

• Not sustainable
• ESG Starters
• ESG Intermediates
• Sustainable impact

You may choose to take into account adverse effects on sustainability factors in your investment strategy. Sustainability factors include ecological, social and employment issues, respect for human rights, and the fight against corruption and bribery. This can be done in three ways:

• By excluding certain companies and countries
• By engaging in discussions with (listed) companies (engagement)
• And to research if companies inflict (unintended) damage to an ecological or social goal.

With your investments, you can make a positive contribution by investing in companies that contribute to reaching an environmental or social goal. These goals are often related to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

The European Commission has prepared a manual with various criteria for economic activities so that everyone has the same understanding and the same definition of what is ecologically sustainable. This manual is called: EU Taxonomy. If an activity meets the criteria of the EU Taxonomy, this can be characterised as “ecologically sustainable”. The EU Taxonomy explains per sector which economic activities are ecologically sustainable and which are not. To determine whether an investment product is a taxonomic investment, ABN AMRO depends on information reported by listed companies. It is expected that these companies will start with the report regarding taxonomy in the coming years. As a result, it is not yet possible to offer investments that comply with this.