2023

AB Responsibility Report

 

Our Vision of Responsibility

At AB, we view responsibility as an active pursuit that unites our firm—from the way we work and act to our community service and the investment solutions we deliver to our clients. Whether you’re a global institution, financial advisor or high-net-worth individual, we’re committed to being your most valued partner. 

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AB has a strong commitment to being a responsible firm.





We strive to be a responsible company. To us, that means being a good corporate citizen, having integrity in everything we do, improving the sustainability of AB’s offices around the world, and making diversity, equity and inclusion a priority throughout our firm. It also means strengthening our corporate governance practices and protecting our clients’ information.

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ESG integration and engagement are fundamental to our responsible investment and research processes.





We evaluate and monitor the financially material ESG risks and opportunities of most of our actively managed investments, with a focus on delivering better outcomes for our clients. We engage actively and directly with the issuers we invest in, and we’re advocates for industry policies that enhance transparency and support efforts to manage material risks and opportunities on behalf of our clients.

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We’ve designed our Portfolios with Purpose to achieve financial objectives with a dedicated ESG focus.





Providing innovative solutions for clients seeking an ESG focus—whether it’s investing in low-carbon issuers or sustainable themes—is an important element of our responsible investing approach. This effort draws on our learnings from industry partnerships, knowledge from research on risks and opportunities, and insights from engaging with corporations and other stakeholders.

 

Responsible Investing Throughout AB

To implement our responsibility strategy and measure its progress, we’ve created a structure that reflects our firmwide commitment to responsibility, from the Responsibility Steering Committee to ESG analysts and investors as well as the infrastructure that supports them.

 

Our Firm

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Environmental Stewardship

We’re working to reduce our impact on the global environment—rethinking our business operations to use fewer of Earth’s precious resources.

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Social Responsibility

We’re striving to become a more dynamic, diverse and inclusive firm that engages employees, advances corporate social behavior and stays connected to our many communities.

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Corporate Governance

Our business model is built on a strong risk-aware culture, prudent risk-taking and a robust governance framework that continues to evolve in the context of our limited partnership.

 

Reporting Center

Explore detailed data on AB’s corporate responsibility efforts, including information on our workforce, greenhouse gas emissions and philanthropy.

 
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We Encourage Conversations

Please email our Responsibility team with any questions or comments.

 
 
 

We’re committed to being leaders in responsibility—both in how we act as a firm and how we invest on behalf of our clients.

Seth Bernstein—President and CEO