Our approach to responsible investing

Throughout our 35-year history, we’ve helped companies become better investments by drawing attention to their environmental, social and governance risks and making sure they were addressed. And we’ve helped those same companies understand the role they can play in helping solve the systemic social and environmental challenges we face today.

NEI’s commitment to delivering positive impact and enabling our investors to do more with their money has led us to steadily advance our ESG program, perfecting, and in some cases literally inventing the responsible investment approaches others use today. The sum of that commitment, the ESG knowledge we’ve acquired over three decades, our pioneering innovations, thousands of ESG-focused conversations with companies, hundreds of thousands of proxy votes cast, our policy work with governments and regulators—all that cumulative experience and expertise—is what we call Sustainable Intelligence™.

Two of the most powerful tools for influencing change at the highest levels of the responsible investment ecosystem are collaboration and advocacy. NEI is an active participant in many group initiatives, where the combined strength and scale of multiple likeminded players can lead to greater success. We also advocate for change and provide input to regulators, standard-setters, and other organizations seeking to promote greater understanding of responsible investing while providing a level playing field. Why? To improve outcomes for our clients, and for investors everywhere.