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We believe that a company’s commitment to implementing ESG principles create a distinct competitive advantage and builds long-term value. Trillium’s robust, fully integrated investment process uses a propriety ESG scoring methodology, coupled with a time-tested fundamental approach, to identify compelling investment opportunities and competitive risk adjusted returns. The firm’s dedicated shareholder advocacy team is at the intersection of investment management and impact, engaging with companies to align values with investment objectives.
Trillium believes that integrating environmental, social, and governance factors into the financial analysis process can help identify the best companies positioned to deliver long-term risk adjusted performance. It is fundamental to our mission and fiduciary responsibility to engage with the companies that we hold on behalf of clients to press for positive change on any material ESG concern or opportunity that we believe will help protect or enhance shareholder value.
For over 40 years, Trillium has exercised its rights and powers as a shareholder to improve the ESG policies, practices and—most importantly—impacts of the companies held in our portfolios.
As investors and fiduciaries to our clients, we believe it is our responsibility to encourage the companies we invest in to do better, to be more sustainable, and to be more just. We pursue this work not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but also because we believe it contributes to a company’s long-term performance.
Trillium Asset Management offers investment strategies and services that advance humankind towards a global sustainable economy, a just society, and a better world. For nearly 40 years, the firm has been at the forefront of ESG thought leadership and draws from decades of experience focused exclusively on responsible investing. Devoted to aligning stakeholders’ values and objectives, Trillium combines impactful investment solutions with active ownership. The firm delivers equity, fixed income, and alternative investments to institutions, intermediaries, high net worth individuals, and other charitable and non-profit organizations with the goal to provide positive impact, long-term value, and ‘social dividends’.
Trillium demonstrates its commitment to clients and community by serving as thought leaders and sharing decades of experience in responsible investing through the development and sponsorship of white papers and webinars to help investors better understand the ESG investment universe and how to implement a values-based investment program.
We believe that a company’s commitment to implementing ESG principles create a distinct competitive advantage and builds long-term value. Trillium’s robust, fully integrated investment process uses a propriety ESG scoring methodology, coupled with a time-tested fundamental approach, to identify compelling investment opportunities and competitive risk adjusted returns. The firm’s dedicated shareholder advocacy team is at the intersection of investment management and impact, engaging with companies to align values with investment objectives.
* Effective 6/30/22, the Trillium All Cap Core and Trillium Fossil Fuel Free Core strategies merged and were renamed Trillium ESG Core Equity.
Trillium believes that integrating environmental, social, and governance factors into the financial analysis process can help identify the best companies positioned to deliver long-term risk adjusted performance. It is fundamental to our mission and fiduciary responsibility to engage with the companies that we hold on behalf of clients to press for positive change on any material ESG concern or opportunity that we believe will help protect or enhance shareholder value.
For over 40 years, Trillium has exercised its rights and powers as a shareholder to improve the ESG policies, practices and—most importantly—impacts of the companies held in our portfolios.
As investors and fiduciaries to our clients, we believe it is our responsibility to encourage the companies we invest in to do better, to be more sustainable, and to be more just. We pursue this work not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but also because we believe it contributes to a company’s long-term performance.
Trillium Asset Management offers investment strategies and services that advance humankind towards a global sustainable economy, a just society, and a better world. For nearly 40 years, the firm has been at the forefront of ESG thought leadership and draws from decades of experience focused exclusively on responsible investing. Devoted to aligning stakeholders’ values and objectives, Trillium combines impactful investment solutions with active ownership. The firm delivers equity, fixed income, and alternative investments to institutions, intermediaries, high net worth individuals, and other charitable and non-profit organizations with the goal to provide positive impact, long-term value, and ‘social dividends’.
Trillium demonstrates its commitment to clients and community by serving as thought leaders and sharing decades of experience in responsible investing through the development and sponsorship of white papers and webinars to help investors better understand the ESG investment universe and how to implement a values-based investment program.
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Ian Warmerdam, BSc MSc, ASIP
Lead Portfolio Manager, United Kingdom
Ian Warmerdam is Lead Portfolio Manager based in Trillium’s Edinburgh office, overseeing the management and portfolio construction of high conviction global equities ESG strategies.
With an investment career spanning more than 20 years, Ian is an experienced investor across global, US, and technology equities. During his career, he has conceived and managed investment strategies as well as assembled and managed successful teams. Prior to joining Trillium, Ian spent 18 years at Janus Henderson Investors, most recently as Director of Global Equities, where he had also co-headed the Technology Investment Team. While at Janus Henderson, Ian was responsible for founding and managing a global equity strategy for retail and institutional investors. Before this, he held various investment and analyst roles including with Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Scottish Life.
Ian is passionate about investing with ESG at the forefront to provide investors with compelling long-term investment opportunities while seeking to effect positive change.
Ian holds a BSc in technology and business studies from the University of Strathclyde and MSc in investment analysis from the University of Stirling. He is an associate member of the Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP).
*The Trillium Advisory Board is an independent body created for the purpose of advising the Trillium Asset Management, LLC Board on matters concerning the fulfillment of the mission of Trillium Asset Management, LLC in terms of the continuity of its internal mission and the Trillium Asset Management’s leadership in the broader sustainability and ESG communities.
Trillium Asset Management UK Ltd. and Trillium Asset Management are affiliates under Perpetual Ltd. Australia.
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