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Introducing our approach to investment stewardship

Even as ESG factors and approaches evolve, we are striving to meet our clients’ needs in this area in a way that reflects Capital Group’s core values. This iteration of our stewardship report demonstrates our continued commitment to investment stewardship and ESG integration.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

 

  • In 2021, we tracked 965 meetings about specific ESG concerns across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).  
  • We also made significant investments in our people, data and technology to better integrate ESG into our investment process, The Capital SystemSM.
  • Our voting activity continues to be led by our investment group and our Global Stewardship and Engagement (GSE) team. 

 


Capital Group stewardship report 2022 

Explore an in-depth report on investment stewardship that demonstrates our commitment to transparency in our engagement and proxy voting activities.

To view last year's report, download a PDF of the stewardship report 2021 here

 


 



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