Active ownership
We use our influence to help protect and grow the value of our clients’ investments.
Engagement
Engaging to understand how investments are prepared for challenges and support where change may be required.
Voting
An integrated engagement and voting approach to use our voice and rights as shareholders to encourage change.
Direct management
Acting as active and responsible managers of directly managed assets or companies with Board representation.
Why Schroders for active ownership?
As an active manager, with hundreds of experienced and insightful analysts and fund managers around the world, we engage thoughtfully and constructively with the companies in which we invest in order to create value. Our active ownership priorities seek to reflect the combined perspectives of our clients, fund managers, investment analysts and sustainability specialists across the firm, supported centrally by our Sustainable Investment team.
Active Ownership Report
Our Active Ownership report details our engagement, voting and sustainability highlights.
Voting Dashboard
Our voting dashboard provides transparent disclosure of our voting activity.
Engagement Blueprint for listed assets
Our Engagement Blueprint for listed assets outlines the six priority themes for our engagement: climate change, natural capital and biodiversity, human rights, human capital management, diversity and inclusion, and corporate governance. The document sets out the long-term outcomes we expect will be important to the success of the companies and assets in which we invest.
Engagement Blueprint for private assets
Our Engagement Blueprint for private assets, published in 2024, aligns to the wider Group priority themes while highlighting asset class and strategy specificities, notably taking into account our level of influence and the illiquid nature of private assets.