01 01.6 Shaping sustainable investing with our clients continued Principle 6 Introduction 01.1 In conversation with Tobias Pross and Matt Christensen 01.2 About AllianzGI Supporting institutional clients to set 01.3 What sustainable investing Maintaining our position as Highlights from the 2021 Coalition their sustainability agenda means to us a client service leader Greenwich Report: It is part of our fiduciary duty to help institutional 01.4 Acting on climate risks Our focus on providing guidance on sustainable • Eleventh consecutive year as Greenwich Quality Leader clients understand and fulfil their long-term financial and opportunities investment solutions is part of a wider commitment to in institutional investment management in Germany, obligations and navigate their present and future 01.5 Sustainability governance clients. We look beyond pure economic gain to develop and fourth consecutive year in Continental Europe. investment challenges. 01.6 Shaping sustainable investing strong and enduring partnerships with them. This has • Fourth consecutive year as Greenwich Quality Leader with our clients been especially important against the backdrop of the Institutional clients have seen rising regulatory pressure pandemic and the resulting economic uncertainty and in overall European intermediary distribution quality. around the disclosure of sustainable investment activities, 02 market volatility. • Sole Greenwich Quality Leader in intermediary particularly in the EU. There is also a bigger drive to align Sustainable investing investment activities with specific values and long-term Our aim is to create value together and we believe every services in Asia. 03 sustainability convictions. Consequently, our clients are Active stewardship interaction should support this goal. We want to elevate • The leading ESG investment manager for institutional looking for a strong partner in solving challenges around our clients’ investing experience by understanding their clients in Continental Europe. ESG risks and seek to capture opportunities, aligning with 04 individual needs, providing the right solutions and always carbon-reduction commitments and assessing which AllianzGI as a sustainable business acting in their best interests. Drawing on our toolkit of activities they want to finance or divest. Our goal is to capabilities, we create solutions that help clients achieve help clients implement investment solutions that fit their 05 their investment objectives, today and in the future. own value framework. Appendix We are proud that independent client satisfaction Our track record in sustainable investing allows us to share surveys consistently highlight client service as one of knowledge and best practices with our clients to support our main strengths. Historically, AllianzGI has ranked in them in setting their sustainable investment objectives and the first quartile against competitors across all relevant finding the most appropriate investment solutions. major markets in the annual Coalition Greenwich survey. As part of this engagement, we help clients understand We are a quality leader – as recognised by Coalition current sustainability developments and regulatory Greenwich for more than a decade – with technological changes. We typically analyse the sustainability features capabilities and client service procedures that ensure we of their current portfolios, help to formulate their ESG stay close to clients. We actively use the findings of these approach and discuss how it can be implemented or surveys to continually enhance our service. further enhanced. 50+ dedicated ESG workshops and training sessions with institutional clients globally on various sustainable investing topics in 2021.