Senior Leadership Statement (SLS) Senior leadership statement Our commitment Indicator Type of indicator Dependent on Gateway to Disclosure Subsection PRI Principle SLS 1 S1 CORE N/A N/A PUBLIC Our commitment GENERAL Why does your organisation engage in responsible investment? What is your organisation’s overall approach to responsible investment? What are the main differences between your organisation’s approach to responsible investment in its ESG practice and in other practices, across asset classes? We started our sustainable investing journey 20 years ago and were early to sign the PRI in 2007. We believe that sustainable investing can generate positive performance not just for our clients, but for the community at large. We aim to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors throughout our entire investment value chain to better manage risk and generate sustainable, long-term returns. Given the diversity of investors’ objectives and requirements we provide sustainable investing processes with a broad range of approaches, adaptable to different levels of ESG incorporation and client preferences. These enhance our clients’ investment decisions while helping create benefits for society as a whole. As an active investor, research is core to our ability to generate returns. We have been able to demonstrate that ESG research can be an important indicator of future performance. We have an active programme of engagement and stewardship and our proprietary ESG research is available to all investors across AllianzGI. Sustainable investing for AllianzGI includes four broad categories: Integrated ESG, Sustainable, SDG-aligned and Impact Investing. 4