Responsible Investing:

Integration and Engagement

ESG Integration Can Drive Investment Decisions

Proprietary tools and systems can enable ESG engagement, research and collaboration among our global team of analysts. By following an investor-driven approach, they’re positioned to do the deep fundamental research necessary to truly understand the material ESG risks and opportunities facing issuers.

The Active Engagement Advantage

As active investors, engagement is important to our responsible investment and research processes. Each year, AB analysts engage with leaders of companies and noncorporate entities, including municipalities, supranational and sovereign issuers. We also engage selectively through our proxy voting activities.

These connections allow us to assess, discuss and encourage issuers to better address material ESG risks or take advantage of ESG opportunities. We believe that engagement can drive better research and better outcomes for clients.

Process in Action

ESG Integration is about thoughtfully considering how material ESG issues may affect an issuer's investment.

Proprietary Research Collaboration Platforms

We’ve innovated platforms that power collaboration between our analysts within and across asset classes as we research and engage with issuers.

ESIGHT

ESIGHT is a one-stop online shop where AB investment teams can access and share proprietary information about corporate ESG practices.

PRISM

Our fixed-income ESG research platform, Prism, provides independent ESG assessments and scores that impact investment decisions. The goal, of course, is straightforward: better and faster information should empower better decisions and result in stronger portfolios.

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