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Sustainable investing

Our commitment to sustainable investing revolves around one key factor—our fiduciary responsibility to our clients and alignment to their values.

Our sustainable investing beliefs

Fosters relationships with investors and communities by aligning with their values.

Integration may influence investment outcomes by adding the potential for climate, regulatory, and environmental risk mitigation to client portfolios.

Offers the potential to enhance security analysis by providing a holistic view of the factors driving risk and return, which may lead to enhanced fiduciary oversight and governance.

Our commitment to sustainable investing

Integration occurs across all actively managed asset classes, with the approach determined by each investment group’s process.

Signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment since 2010.

We are an industry leader in responsible real estate investing, with a unique Pillars of Responsible Property Investing sustainability platform.

Our investment teams have decades of experience managing custom-screened, socially responsible mandates for institutional clients.

Our Principal Real Estate team is a recognized leader in responsible property investing.1 Learn More

Aligning on our sustainable investing strategy

Listen as Kamal Bhatia, Chief Operating Officer of Principal Asset Management, explains the importance of our ESG strategy.

Sustainable investment signatories and recognition

Learn more about sustainable investing efforts at Principal

Principal Global Investors has been awarded signatory status to the Financial Reporting Council UK Stewardship Code.2

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Joined the United Nations Global Compact (January 2021).

Signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment since 2010.

GRESB 4-Star rating (2022)
U.S. Core strategy, 7th consecutive year
European Core strategy3 , 3rd consecutive year
European Office strategy

ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year (2016-2023)
Sustained Excellence (2018-20234)

Inspiring change: 2022 Sustainability Report

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1 As recognized by Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB): 4-Star rating, seventh consecutive year, 2022. 2016-2022 GRESB assessment for Principal Real Estate’s Core strategy representing data from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021. Rating represents top 40% worldwide performance. In order to receive a ranking, the Firm paid GRESB an application fee to be evaluated and use the ranking. ENERGY STAR: Partner of the Year 2016-2023, Sustained Excellence 2018-2023. Energy Star, 2023 Energy Star Partner of the Year, awarded to Principal Real Estate Investors. Each year, the EPA honors organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency. April 2023, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

2 Awarded to Principal Asset Management (a trade name of Principal Global Investors, LLC), Financial Reporting Council UK Stewardship Code, 2021.

3 2016-2022 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assessments for Principal Real Estate’s U.S. Core strategy representing data from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021; 2020–2022 GRESB assessments for Principal Real Estate’s European Core strategy representing data from 31 December 2019 to 31 December 2021; 2022 GRESB assessment for Principal Real Estate’s European Office strategy representing data from 31 December 2021. 4-star rating reflects top 40% worldwide performance.

4 Energy Star, 2023 Energy Star Partner of the Year, awarded to Principal Real Estate Investors. Each year, the EPA honors organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency. April 2023, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ESG criteria may present additional advantages or risks and does not protect against market risks or volatility. You should not make any investment assumptions based solely on the information contained herein. There is no assurance that any ESG component in our investing strategy will be successful.

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