Annual Report and Accounts 2021
Report section:
PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH
CEO's overview
What you can expect is an organisation that wants to be bold and brave. Wants to act with real integrity.
Delivering performance and sustainable growth
It's our ambition to lead the transition to a low carbon economy through our investment activities and the action that we take within our own operations.
Assets under management:
£731.6bn(2020: £663.0bn)
Net new business:
£35.3bn(2020: £54.9bn)
Over three years:
79%Of clients' assets outperformed their respective benchmarks
Net income before exceptional items:
£2,568.8m(2020: £2,179.2m)
Profit after tax
£623.8m(2020: £486.0m)
Total dividend per share
122p(2020: 114p)
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SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT
We unlock value for you by putting sustainability principles into practice. Our sustainable investment reports detail the work that our teams do across the business to ensure your money is being managed in a responsible and sustainable way.
Each quarter, we provide an update on the themes that we believe are changing the sustainability landscape. Our annual reports have been created to demonstrate our commitment to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into our investment processes.
TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE
We have a responsibility to manage the capital our clients entrust to us and to protect it from the risks that climate change poses. Working with our portfolio companies, we can accelerate positive change to a low-carbon world.
Our 20-year out look is dominated by the challenge of decarbonisation. We have published detailed plans explaining how we will reach net zero.
Our role in tackling climate change
We have set science-based targets for our investment activities and operations to lead the transition to a low-carbon economy.
We support and engage with a range of climate-related initiatives, memberships and organisations to help deliver our climate changes strategy, including
PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
Change for the better is embedded in our purpose. With every decision, we consider the impact on our employees and across society.
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