iShares MSCI EM CTB Enhanced ESG UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

The Share Class is a share class of the Fund which aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund's assets, which reflects the return of the MSCI EM ESG Enhanced CTB Index, the Fund's benchmark index ("Index"). The Share Class, via the Fund, is passively managed, and aims to invest so far as possible and practicable in equity securities (e.g. shares) that make up the Index. The Index measures the performance of a sub-set of emerging market equity securities which are part of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the "Parent Index") which excludes companies from the Parent Index based on the index provider's environmental, social and governance ("ESG") exclusionary criteria. The remaining companies are then weighted by the index provider, for inclusion in the Index using an optimisation process which aims to meet the decarbonisation targets and other minimum standards for an EU Climate Transition Benchmark (as further described in the Fund's prospectus), whilst targeting a similar risk and return profile, and maintaining a better ESG score, each in relation to the Parent Index. Companies are excluded from the Index if they are involved with controversial and nuclear weapons, production of civilian firearms (relating to automatic and semi-automatic civilian firearms and small arms ammunition), distribution of civilian firearms or small arms ammunition, tobacco, thermal coal, or unconventional oil and gas. Companies that are classified as violating the United Nations Global Compact principles, are involved in serious ESG controversies, as determined by the index provider, or have not been assessed by the index provider for an ESG controversy score or an ESG rating, are also excluded from the Index. The Fund may obtain limited exposure to securities considered not to satisfy these ESG criteria. The Fund adopts a binding and significant ESG optimisation approach to sustainable investing. This means that the Fund wil

Physical replication

PIR compliant

No

PEA compliant

No

PEA-PME compliant

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