HSBC World ESG Biodiversity Screened Equity UCITS ETF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nHSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has launched the HSBC World ESG Biodiversity Screened Equity UCITS ETF, the first of its kind1.<\/p>\n
The fund aims to provide both wholesale and institutional investors with a tool to build biodiversity considerations into their portfolios by investing in companies that have stronger biodiversity credentials. The fund meets Article 8 Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) classification.<\/p>\n
The fund tracks the Euronext ESG Biodiversity Screened Index series which were jointly developed by HSBC, Euronext and Iceberg Data Lab (IDL). These were the first investable biodiversity screened benchmark indices based on a broad range of equities. The parent index is the Euronext World Index.<\/p>\n
The fund applies three exclusionary biodiversity filters:<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) filter built to include biodiversity considerations e.g. pesticides, hunting, whaling etc.2<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Negative ESG screening removing the worst 25 per cent of constituents using Sustainalytics risk performers methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDL Corporate Biodiversity Footprint uplift of around 35 per cent versus the parent index<\/strong><\/p>\nIDL\u2019s Corporate Biodiversity Footprint (CBF) methodology uses Mean Species Abundance3 for its biodiversity score and assesses four of the most material pressures on biodiversity – climate change, land use, air pollution and water pollution.<\/p>\n
Following the filters, the ETF will consist of the top 500 companies that perform the best in terms of the Corporate Biodiversity Footprint and Sustainalytics ESG risk score, whilst not participating in any of the exclusionary actions applied by the enhanced socially responsible investing (SRI) filter.<\/p>\n
Comprehensive biodiversity data does not yet exist in full, meaning there is currently a need for multiple screens which capture biodiversity risks. As data availability and quality improves the screening methodology will continually be enhanced by HSBC AM\u2019s Responsible Investment team.<\/p>\n
Olga de Tapia, Global Head of ETF and Indexing Sales, HSBC AM<\/strong><\/span> said: \u201cThis ETF is the newest in our suite of sustainable building blocks we have been innovating for investors, to help them create portfolios that address material environmental issues such as biodiversity and climate change.<\/p>\n\u201cWe have a huge part to play in the protection and preservation of biodiversity which can be achieved through \u2018biodiversity aware\u2019 investment processes and this ETF is hopefully a step in combatting the biodiversity crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patrick Kondarjian, Global Head of ESG Sales, Markets & Securities Services, HSBC<\/strong><\/span>, added: \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to have helped HSBC AM create the world\u2019s first ETF that tracks the Euronext ESG Biodiversity Screened World USD Index. The index is part of the first range of investable biodiversity screened Equity benchmark indices, allowing investors to take into account the impact of companies on nature in addition to traditional ESG risk metrics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n| Fund Name<\/th>\n | ISIN<\/th>\n | Stock exchange<\/th>\n | Bloomberg ticker<\/th>\n | Benchmark<\/th>\n | Total expense ratio (TER)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
\n\nHSBC World ESG Biodiversity Screened Equity UCITS ETF<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nIE0002UTLE51
\n<\/span><\/td>\n | London Stock Exchange (LSE)<\/span><\/td>\n | HBDV LN<\/span><\/td>\n | Euronext ESG Biodiversity Screened Index<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n0.35 per cent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n- Source: Bloomberg, August 2022<\/span><\/li>\n
- The enhanced ESG filters excludes all companies with any involvement in pesticide production, palm oil, animal testing, small arms, meat usage and other specific environmental supply chain incidents<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Mean Species Abundance (MSA) metric is an indicator of local biodiversity intactness. MSA measures native species in a delimited space relative to undisturbed ecosystems (per cent), this is a reference metric used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Conventions on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations (IPBES)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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