Solutions providers
Solutions providers are defined as companies providing products or services which contribute to achieving the Fund’s sustainable investment objective.
Aviva Investors uses external data providers to assess the revenues of potential solutions providers across the Funds listed above, including:
This data is combined with qualitative analysis to assess potential solutions providers and the positive contribution of their product or service on the relevant sustainable investment objective. This is also helpful in scenarios where a company isn’t covered by the above datasets, or where Aviva Investors disagrees with the assessment made by the above vendors.
Aviva Investors typically apply a minimum revenue threshold for solutions providers of 20%, however there may be occasions where another criteria is used to determine a solutions providers. This is to support new products, innovations and emerging technologies where revenues may not be captured. Examples of other criteria may include, but is not limited to, capital expenditure, investment, products in pipeline.