Sustainable Investing

Integrating sound governance criteria into our investment processes is part of Fiera Capital’s DNA.

It entails taking a rigorous approach to risk management to achieve optimal performance within an appropriate level of risk. ESG governance is a shared responsibility at Fiera Capital, with multiple different business divisions and functions involved to make sure that we continue to enhance our capabilities in the years to come.

Fiera Capital also has an ESG Committee, which includes representation from internal stakeholders across functions and divisions, to support the integration of ESG throughout the firm. Collectively, they implement the firm’s strategic objectives related to sustainable investing.

We believe sustainable investing is core to our ability to satisfy both our duty and mandate without sacrificing returns. We also believe that integrating ESG considerations into our investment analysis and decision-making processes truly benefits the asset valuation process by providing a deeper understanding of business models and industry challenges.

Fiera Capital’s Sustainable Investing Policy outlines the firm’s approach to integrating ESG assessments into investment processes and highlights the many benefits of increasing our knowledge of companies in which we invest, better controlling the risk of our portfolios and helping companies improve over the long term.

Fiera Capital offers a diverse range of investment strategies across asset classes and risk spectrum using a wide variety of investment styles. There are multiple approaches to managing portfolios of securities and assets and we acknowledge that there are a vast variety of approaches for considering environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities within our investment decisions.

We believe that for ESG factors to be well integrated within the investment decisions we make, investment teams must be accountable for their ESG integration processes.

This belief guides the way our investment teams implement their strategies, conduct materiality assessments, and integrate ESG factors in a manner that best suits their respective asset class, investment style, and geography.

At Fiera Capital, we believe that sound corporate governance and solid business practices are key to generating sustainable wealth.

Accordingly, we frequently engage in a constructive and collaborative way with companies in our portfolios, urging them to adopt and implement sound ESG practices that are likely to produce sustainable added value for clients.

As well as engaging directly with companies, we are able to exercise our proxy voting rights to good effect to help drive positive change with respect to sustainability-related issues.

Climate change continues to be at the forefront of many countries’ and governments’ consciousness and decision-making.

It is incumbent on all of us to contribute to the achievement of credible, established global carbon-reduction targets, while staying ahead of changing environmental regulations and, in the process, creating sustainable returns for our investors.

As a global asset management firm, Fiera Capital supports the transition to a lower-carbon economy. We encourage our portfolio management teams to closely evaluate climate-related risks, where material, when making investment decisions. We also continue working on ways to access more and better emissions data that will help us fully comprehend the underlying climate-related risks within our portfolios.

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Fiera Capital is an official supporter of the TCFD, and we publish an annual TCFD report, underscoring our commitment to continuous improvement with respect to identifying and managing climate-related risks and opportunities.

Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) Initiative

In August 2021, Fiera Capital joined the NZAM initiative, which brings together an international group of asset managers committed to playing a more active role in battling climate change. We are dedicated to working proactively towards the goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, and to supporting broader efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

For more information on our NZAM commitment