We found have ERIG an effective tool in helping us source and identify true-to-label ESG/sustainable products for our clients. ERIG is particularly effective in identifying funds that have strong characteristics that are not explicitly marketed as being an ESG product, and/or ESG products that are “greenwashing”.
The manner in which the system categorises and scores based on the type of ESG implementation deployed by the fund, has allowed us to more closely map implementation types to specific client preferences.
Finally, we have found it to be the most comprehensive database of its kind and the breadth of coverage more than meets our needs.
We find the ERIG Index a great high level overview for our clients. Responsible investing is a very grey area and what the ERIG index gives us is contextual discussion points. It is the discussion that adds the value.
Evergreen have a robust manager selection framework which gives our investors a well-diversified, broad based exposure to the best of breed managers in the responsible investment space.