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Wellington Management Company LLP

PRI reporting framework 2020

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Organisational Overview
Basic information [OO 01 - 09] Asset class implementation gateway indicators [OO 10 - 12] Peering questions [OO LE 01 - HF 01]
Strategy and Governance
Investment policy [SG 01 - 04] Objectives and strategies [SG 05 - 06] Governance and human resources [SG 07 - 08] Promoting responsible investment [SG 09 - 11] Outsourcing to fiduciary managers and investment consultants [SG 12] ESG issues in asset allocation [SG 13 - 15] Asset class implementation not reported in other modules [SG 16 - 17] Innovation [SG 18] Communication [SG 19]
Direct - Listed Equity Incorporation
ESG incorporation in actively managed listed equities [LEI 01 - 10] Implementation processes [LEI 01 - 10] (A) Implementation: Screening [LEI 04 - 06] (B) Implementation: Thematic [LEI 07] (C) Implementation: Integration of ESG factors [LEI 08 - 10] Outputs and outcomes [LEI 12 - 13]
Direct - Listed Equity Active Ownership
Overview [LEA 01] Engagement [LEA 02 - 08] Outputs and outcomes [LEA 09 - 11] (Proxy) voting and shareholder resolutions [LEA 12 - 21]
Direct - Fixed Income
ESG incorporation in actively managed fixed income [FI 01 - 12] Implementation processes [FI 01 - 03] (A) Implementation: Screening [FI 04 - 06] (B) Implementation: Thematic [FI 07 - 09] (C) Implementation: Integration [FI 10 - 12] Fixed income - Engagement [FI 14 - 16] Outputs and outcomes [FI 17 - 18]
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Confidence building measures [CM1 01 - 07]
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Implementation processes

FI 01. Incorporation strategies applied

Indicate (1) Which ESG incorporation strategy and/or combination of strategies you apply to your actively managed fixed income investments; and (2) The proportion (+/- 5%) of your total actively managed fixed income investments each strategy applies to.
SSA
0 Screening alone
0 Thematic alone
80 Integration alone
20 Screening + integration strategies
0 Thematic + integration strategies
0 Screening + thematic strategies
0 All three strategies combined
0 No incorporation strategies applied
100%
Corporate (financial)
0 Screening alone
0 Thematic alone
85 Integration alone
15 Screening + integration strategies
0 Thematic + integration strategies
0 Screening + thematic strategies
0 All three strategies combined
0 No incorporation strategies applied
100%
Corporate (non-financial)
0 Screening alone
0 Thematic alone
80 Integration alone
15 Screening + integration strategies
0 Thematic + integration strategies
0 Screening + thematic strategies
5 All three strategies combined
0 No incorporation strategies applied
100%
Securitised
0 Screening alone
0 Thematic alone
80 Integration alone
20 Screening + integration strategies
0 Thematic + integration strategies
0 Screening + thematic strategies
0 All three strategies combined
0 No incorporation strategies applied
100%

01.2. Describe your reasons for choosing a particular ESG incorporation strategy and how combinations of strategies are used.

Each of our portfolio managers and investment teams develops their own investment approach whereby ESG considerations are integrated into their research and decision-making processes to the extent that they believe these issues may affect the long-term success of a company and investment returns. This can manifest itself within the investment thesis or portfolio weighting for a particular security, as well as within our proxy voting and company engagement efforts.

01.3. Additional information [Optional].

At Wellington Management, fixed income portfolios are managed by independent portfolio management teams, including dedicated teams specializing in various sectors of the market. Our firm does not have a central investment committee. Each of the investment styles offered by Wellington Management is managed by an individual Portfolio Manager or team of managers, by a group of research analysts, or by a combination of these structures. Each portfolio management team has broad investment discretion within the pre-defined parameters of its investment approach and each has access to the full research resources of the firm.


While the investment process and philosophy may differ by fixed income approach, portfolio management teams generally use a fundamental investment process with quantitative rigor. Certain parts of the process may have a quantitative element to help identify market signals, which might inform fundamentally-driven processes for making buy and sell decisions.

Note that the AUM for Corporate (Non-Financial) includes a figure for all three incorporation strategies. This figure reflects the firm's Global Impact Bond strategy, which is a multi-sector strategy that allocates across corporate (financial and non-financial) as well as securitised and supranational issuers.  Given the structure of the form, we've included all assets in this single field.

FI 02. ESG issues and issuer research

02.1. Indicate which ESG factors you systematically research as part of your analysis on issuers.

Select all that apply
SSA
Corporate (financial)
Corporate (non-financial)
Securitised
Environmental data
Social data
Governance data

02.2. Indicate what format your ESG information comes in and where you typically source it

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02.3. Provide a brief description of the ESG information used, highlighting any differences in sources of information across your ESG incorporation strategies.

Our ESG Research Team uses data from a number of different sources in order to evaluate companies’ level of disclosure and reporting on ESG indicators. As inputs to our approach, we use ESG research from Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, CLSA, Goldman Sachs Sustain, UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Société Générale, MSCI, Bloomberg, ISS, Sustainalytics, Glass Lewis, and FactSet amongst others. Data from select sources feeds a proprietary algorithm that we have developed in order to provide internal ESG ratings on more than 7,000 companies. We are continually evaluating new data providers to improve the coverage and quality of inputs into our ESG analysis. These ratings and external research providers serve as a starting point for further research and engagement by the ESG Research team.

For our government bond portfolios, we have resources available to help investors assess the ESG risks or opportunities that would impact the long term economic growth and sustainable development of the respective countries. For example, ESG issues relative to sovereign bonds can include political stability, social inequality, investment in education, and climate change management.

02.4. Additional information. [Optional]

FI 03. Processes to ensure analysis is robust

03.1. Indicate how you ensure that your ESG research process is robust:

03.2. Describe how your ESG information or analysis is shared among your investment team. 

          Forums including our daily Morning Meeting and investor team meetings facilitate sharing and debating ESG insights.

03.3. Additional information. [Optional]

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