01 Our vision of 02 Sustainable 03 Active 04 Strengthening sustainability 05 Appendices sustainability investing stewardship in our operations 03.4 Engagement outcomes Principle 7 9 In 2023, we deepened our work on thematic engagement across our three sustainability themes. We have been developing “engagement frameworks” based on thematic research to form the analytical approach for our engagement in areas such as biodiversity and human rights. They include questions for use in conversations with companies and enable comparisons and benchmarking across companies. The projects described on the following pages highlight a selection of our engagement work, which has been complemented by thematic engagement projects on plastics, transition metals and gender diversity, as well as additional net-zero oriented engagement work. Allianz Global Investors Sustainability and Stewardship Report 2023 49