¹ Results from PRI's 2021 reporting cycle. Reported as of September 2022. SOURCE: PIMCO, PRI.

PRI Assessment Reports are limited to signatories’ of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and consider a signatory’s responsible investment implementation across its overall investment process, among other factors. PRI Assessment scores are provided per module or asset class, with no overall organization score given. PIMCO’s scores reflect information and data reported by PIMCO to PRI in the 2021 reporting cycle (as of December 31, 2020). Please note that publication of the 2021 public transparency reports was delayed due to changes in PRI’s reporting and assessment process. PRI’s 2021 scoring methodology has changed to reflect the new Reporting Framework. Scores for the 2021 reporting cycle are not comparable to previous years. Prior to 2021, PRI assessments were awarded scores based on a scale from A+ to E, with A+ being highest score and E being the lowest. PRI Assessments awarded from 2021 onward are based on a scale of 1-5 Stars. 1 Star being the lowest score, 5 Stars being the highest. For 2021 Methodology and an overview of the PRI Reporting Framework, please refer to https://dwtyzx6upklss.cloudfront.net/Uploads/j/l/f/assessmentmethodology2021_302746.pdf. For additional information regarding how PRI assesses signatory reporting, please refer to https://www.unpri.org/reporting-and-assessment/how-investors-are-assessed-on-their-reporting/3066.article.

Median scores for modules are calculated as the 50th percentile module percentage score. The dataset and methodology of medians based on PRI signatories' scores can be referenced at https://ctp.unpri.org/dataportalv2/2021_AR_Medians.xlsx.

PIMCO’s 2021 PRI Transparency Report is available on PRI’s website at https://ctp.unpri.org/dataportalv2/transparency and includes PIMCO’s responses to all mandatory indicators, as well as responses to voluntary indicators that PIMCO has agreed to make public. PIMCO’s PRI Assessment Report is available upon request.

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² The figure includes Third party and Allianz AUM with strategies that include (i) minimum standards that refine the investment opportunity set based on client directed exclusions criteria (“exclusionary” portfolios); (ii) a focus on enhancing the sustainable characteristics of the portfolio in comparison to its investment universe (“enhanced” portfolios) or (iii) a focus on achieving a specific environmental/ social objective in addition to a financial objective (“thematic” portfolios). return to content↩

³ About 75% of PIMCO’s firm-wide market value of corporate issuers engaged on ESG topics from Jan 1-Dec 31, 2022. Includes all engagements conducted by ESG and credit analysts. Calculated as % by par-adjusted AUM as of 31 December 2022. Corporate issuers are credits covered by PIMCO’s corporate analyst team.return to content↩

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