The fund aims to provide exposure to US-American equities with the added benefits of ESG, focusing on equal weighted exposure to the largest US stocks with high ESG performance relative to their sector peers.
Fund Exposure
The fund is characterized by its exposure to the S&P 500 Equal Weight ESG Index, targeting 60% of the number of constituents of each GICS industry group of the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index. It applies exclusions based on companies' involvement in specific business activities, violation of the principles of the United Nations' Global Compact (UNGC), and ESG performance relative to GICS industry group.
Risks
Investors should be aware that the value of their investment in the fund may go down as well as up, and past performance does not predict future returns. The fund is exposed to market movements in a single country or region, which may be adversely affected by political or economic developments, government action, or natural events that do not affect a fund investing in broader markets. Additionally, the fund follows a rules-based strategy that may deviate from the overall market or parent index, leading to less diversification and no guarantee of achieving the index's 'rules-based' strategy.