Compare ETFs Compare Search SUSTAINABLE INVESTING Find out why sustainable investing matters and how to get started. SUSTAINABLE INVESTING THREE BIG REASONS TO INVEST SUSTAINABLY 1 PERFORMANCE 2 RISK & OPPORTUNITY 3 IMPACT 3 in 4 That's how many sustainable equity funds beat their Morningstar category average in 20201. Sustainable funds have the potential to outperform non-sustainable funds. Environmental, Sustainable and Governance (ESG) funds have proven resilient in the face of change. SHOW PERFORMANCE DETAILS SUSTAINABLE FUNDS FIND A SUSTAINABLE FUND THAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR INVESTMENT GOALS Select your primary investment goal, then explore the corresponding fund range. SEEK TO REDUCE CONTROVERSY Our ESG Screened funds let you exclude certain business activities that pose risks or don't match investor preferences. EXPLORE STRIKE A BALANCE With ESG Aware funds, you can seek a similar risk and return to the broad market, with a more sustainable outcome. EXPLORE PRIORITIZE ESG Select our ESG Advanced funds to prioritize higher ESG-rated companies, while screening out controversial activities. EXPLORE FOCUS ON A THEME Select Thematic ESG funds to focus on specific environmental, social or governance issues. EXPLORE SEE THE IMPACT With Impact funds, you can seek to generate measurable sustainable outcomes alongside a financial return. EXPLORE THINK CLIMATE Learn how to reduce exposure to heavy carbon emitters, or target companies based on climate risks and opportunities. EXPLORE CLIMATE INVESTING Filter all sustainable funds using your own criteria. VIEW ALL SUSTAINABLE FUNDS SUSTAINABLE INVESTING 101 WHAT IT MEANS WHERE TO START? Sustainable investing means combining traditional security analysis with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) insights. The acronym ESG describes the metrics that drive sustainable security selection. For example: ENVIRONMENTAL • Climate Change • Natural Resource Use • Pollution & Waste • Clean Tech SOCIAL • Human liability • Product Liability • Data Privacy • Health & Safety GOVERNANCE • Accounting practices • Ownership & Control • Board Independence • Ethics INSIGHTS SPECIAL REPORT: A SEA CHANGE IN GLOBAL INVESTING Find out how climate change could have an impact on investors around the world, as well as how climate risks and opportunities can be incorporated into portfolios. READ THE FULL PAPER Investing with climate in mind Armando Senra, Head of iShares America, talks about three strategies for investing in a low carbon future. Building a sustainable portfolio Strategies and tools for building a sustainable portfolio. Net zero: a fiduciary approach Jan 1, 2021 | BlackRock Understanding BlackRock’s commitments to address climate risk. Investment stewardship at BlackRock Delivering on our commitment to a more sustainable future. 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All rights reserved. 1 Morningstar, 'Sustainable Equity Funds Outperform Traditional Peers in 2020'. Based on an analysis of 200 U.S. mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Morningstar, as of 12/31/2020. Comparison of sustainable equity ETFs and mutual funds versus their respective Morningstar categories using rankings based on total return. Morningstar defines sustainable funds as those that emphasize the use of environmental, social, and governance criteria to generate financial return and broader societal impact. Past performance does not guarantee future results. 2 Morningstar as of 06/30/21. The MSCI USA Index is the parent index of the index that ESGU seeks to track. The S&P 500 index is a commonly followed, broad market index. There may be material differences between the fund's index, which is the MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index, and the indexes shown including without limitation in index provider, holdings, methodology and performance. S&P 500 Index shown for illustrative purposes only. Correlation time period is since inception, using daily returns. There may be material differences between the fund's index and the index shown including without limitation index provider, holdings, methodology and performance. To see how the fund performed against its benchmark, please click here. 3 NOAA. Data covering time period from 1980 to 2020. 4 Center for American Progress, Level Playing Field Institute, “The Cost of Employee Turnover Due Solely to Unfairness in the Workplace” (January 2007). 5 McKinsey & Company, Diversity wins: How inclusion matters (May 19, 2020). 6 iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) Impact Report. Source for carbon emissions: MSCI ESG Fund Ratings provided by MSCI ESG Research LLC as of 07/19/2021, based on holdings as of 05/31/2021. The carbon emissions reduction for ESGU (98.71% carbon coverage by MSCI ESG Fund Ratings) is calculated relative to the carbon emissions of its parent index, the MSCI USA Index (99.84% carbon coverage by MSCI ESG Research). ESGU's total carbon emissions are 33.61 tons CO2 / $ million invested; MSCI USA's total carbon emissions are 51.11 tons CO2 / $ million invested. Total emissions reduction is 17.51 tons CO2 / $ million invested. Source for equivalents: MSCI ESG Fund Ratings with data from US EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator for CO2 and energy measures. Carbon coverage is the percentage of a portfolio’s market value with Carbon Intensity data. Please refer to the MSCI ESG Fund Ratings Methodology for more information. There may be material differences between the fund's index and the parent index including without limitation holdings, index provider, methodology and performance. 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