Schroder ISF Global Climate Change outperforms global markets in first year

A pioneer in its approach, the fund offers investors exposure to companies involved in the mitigation of (measures to reduce carbon dependency), or adaptation to (changes to adapt to the consequences of), the effects of climate change on a globally diversified basis.

The Fund takes an unconstrained approach, investing in a concentrated portfolio of 50 to 80 stocks comprising the best stock ideas from the fund's joint managers, Simon Webber and Matthew Franklin.

The Managers are supported by a team of climate change specialists, global sector specialists as well as Schroders' wider global network of 80 experienced large and small cap analysts.

William Wells, Head of Retail Sales Middle East, commented:

"When looking at major contributors to climate change, there are some obvious ones such as power and transportation for example, and some that are not so obvious, such as agriculture and deforestation. Tackling global climate change is not going to be accomplished by just putting up a few solar panels and wind farms. It involves a complete transformation of virtually every sector of the market."

He added, "We designed the Schroder Global Climate Change Fund to recognize and take advantage of the breadth of opportunity posed by such huge global issues. The drivers of many of the companies in which we invest have relatively low sensitivity to the economic cycle. As governments around the world are setting targets for carbon emissions, there will be an increasing amount of legislation introduced in order to meet those goals."