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SDG Engagement High Yield Credit: Annual Report 2022 – Federated Hermes Limited

In a review of the past 12 months, the investment team offers an in-depth view of engagement highlights, progress on milestones, performance and case studies.

Posted on Apr 24, 2023

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  • Three years from launch, the team continues to build insight on how to uncover the SDG impact potential of companies, and has learned what styles of engagement may be needed to understand or influence progression to potential milestones.
  • The team now engages on 277 objectives at 124 companies – increasing its engagement intensity to 2.2 objectives per company on average.
  • Over the course of the 12 months, 65% of objectives progressed by one milestone or more.
  • In this year’s report, their long read feature explores how financial inclusion in banking is a globally relevant billion-person opportunity.
  • The report also includes case studies highlighting how individual companies within the portfolio have made progress towards their engagement objectives.
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